Andy Lacey
andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Sun Feb 17 12:45:05 CST 2013
The same joke's told in the UK substituting a Brummie (native of Birmingham - the English one) for the Aussie. Not that the wretched Brummie accent (I'm allowed to say that because I'm a Brummie myself) has much in common with the Aussie one other than in making this joke work. I love this quote on the Brummie accent on Wikipedia "A study was conducted in 2008 where people were asked to grade the intelligence of a person based on their accent and the Brummie accent was ranked as the least intelligent accent. It even scored lower than being silent, an example of the stereotype attached to the Brummie accent." ROTFL. I love the fact that speaking Brummie rates as sounding less intelligent than not speaking at all. I'd better try being quiet more often. This would definitely be true of some of my family members (ssshhh, don't tell them). Speaking Brummie was in the national news recently when the Birmingham City Council introduced a voice-activated phone system for members of the local public to get information or be put through to the appropriate department. It was quickly taken down again because it couldn't recognise what 95% of callers were saying. If you're wondering what it sounds like (and you've never heard Ozzy Osbourne speak) this is pretty good http://www.ibrummie.com/audio/audio1.html Andy -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: 17 February 2013 15:02 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Another Linguistic Joke Canadian Teacher: "Class, what's the difference between a buffalo and a bison?" Australian foreign student: "A buffalo is a large animal that runs the plains in herds. A bison is where you wash your hands." -- Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com