Richard Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 dont drink dont smoke? what's he do he do? subtle inuendos follow.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yayoboy Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I just hope this isn't an anti climax and its Paul Smiths group... dont drink dont smoke? what's he do he do? subtle inuendos follow.... Hopefully spend billions on a crazy passion for Aston Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcTheObsession Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 If we get taken over by July, manage to keep Benteke and get the resources to purchase a couple of exciting attacking players to feed him, it could be an exciting season as we know how Sherwood likes playing, on the front foot. I realise this is a 'blue sky' scenario, but it's far from impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Jack Ma is another Chinese business man who's been investing in soccer and related businesses recently. Whether he wants to expand into the UK i've got no idea. But he's another who's met with Prince William recently. $25.4B he will do. We'll even get Grealish to change his name to Jack on his shirt in honour of our new leader. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 dont drink dont smoke? what's he do he do? subtle inuendos follow... Richard you need to remember that most of us are thick football fans and some of your posts today are making my head hurt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Whenever I went to the zoo I was always told to never feed the animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 dont drink dont smoke? what's he do he do? subtle inuendos follow.... Adam Ant? Goody Two Shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) dont drink dont smoke? what's he do he do? subtle inuendos follow.... He sounds like a tight arse from the interviews I've read!! Edited June 9, 2015 by KSV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolaVillan Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Fu Manchu must have some money 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Any time I think of Far East investors I can't get the fiasco with Vincent Tan at Cardiff out of my head. Maybe next season we'll be playing in red and gold, players will all wear number 8, and the lion on the badge will be replaced by a dragon. I'd rather it's the Americans, maybe then we'll get a sister club in the MLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted June 9, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2015 And it's Aston Virra, Aston Virra FC That's a bit lacist. If we're going to have Chinese owners, this important point should be made and taken on board by one and all: Chinese people do NOT get confused between L and R sounds. It's a popular misconception, because Korean people and Japanese people do. I learned this recently, because there was a story in the news about Christine Kirchner, the Argentine prime minister, who made a joke about Chinese people and L and R on Twitter, and got ridiculed. Search Engine is your fliend. Experience says different. My wife had a (Hong Kong) Chinese colleague, who - despite having been to high school in Britain - frequently pronounced 'R's as 'L's. I can help clear this up a bit. In Cantonese, the /r/ phoneme we use in English doesn't exist, but /l/ does, so Cantonese people can have trouble saying /r/ sounds, and may switch for a /l/, but they wouldn't get confused the other way around, as /l/ is common in Cantonese - Lan Kwai Fong, Lantau Island, the surname Lam etc. China in general has many different dialects, and each has different phonemes, so for individual mainlanders their location and regional dialect matters more. The Mandarin spoken around Beijing seems to have both /l/ and /r/ sounds as far as I know. In Korean pronunciation, /l/ and /r/ are allophones, or different variations of the same sound, so it can sound like Koreans are making 'mistakes' with these sounds in English. Japanese is truly the home of this confusion, and the home of jokes like 'the Japanese are very interested in Obama's election' etc. Japanese pronunciation has one phoneme which is about halfway between /l/ and /r/ and doesn't actually match either, so native Japanese speakers are often guessing which sound to make when speaking English. Sorry for the serious post, but since we're on the subject . . . 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mwj Posted June 9, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2015 Bit rich for brummies to be taking the piss out of another culture's accent 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 See Hanoi - I read all that and I'm no clearer to understanding whether or not its ok to joke about Aston Virra? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 The only thing I want to know is.... how mental has TBAR gone this time around? Someone on there saying since middle of last week its a US buyer. Said we would get more news this week, so far so good ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan81 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Bit rich for brummies to be taking the piss out of another culture's accent Just because Aston Villa is in Birmingham doesn't make all there fans Brummies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 dont drink dont smoke? what's he do he do? subtle inuendos follow.... Tut tut, the lyrics are actually, "don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?" Happy to correct your mishearing of 30+ years! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 And it's Aston Virra, Aston Virra FC That's a bit lacist. If we're going to have Chinese owners, this important point should be made and taken on board by one and all: Chinese people do NOT get confused between L and R sounds. It's a popular misconception, because Korean people and Japanese people do. I learned this recently, because there was a story in the news about Christine Kirchner, the Argentine prime minister, who made a joke about Chinese people and L and R on Twitter, and got ridiculed. Search Engine is your fliend. Experience says different. My wife had a (Hong Kong) Chinese colleague, who - despite having been to high school in Britain - frequently pronounced 'R's as 'L's. I can help clear this up a bit. In Cantonese, the /r/ phoneme we use in English doesn't exist, but /l/ does, so Cantonese people can have trouble saying /r/ sounds, and may switch for a /l/, but they wouldn't get confused the other way around, as /l/ is common in Cantonese - Lan Kwai Fong, Lantau Island, the surname Lam etc. China in general has many different dialects, and each has different phonemes, so for individual mainlanders their location and regional dialect matters more. The Mandarin spoken around Beijing seems to have both /l/ and /r/ sounds as far as I know. In Korean pronunciation, /l/ and /r/ are allophones, or different variations of the same sound, so it can sound like Koreans are making 'mistakes' with these sounds in English. Japanese is truly the home of this confusion, and the home of jokes like 'the Japanese are very interested in Obama's election' etc. Japanese pronunciation has one phoneme which is about halfway between /l/ and /r/ and doesn't actually match either, so native Japanese speakers are often guessing which sound to make when speaking English. Sorry for the serious post, but since we're on the subject . . . Harrow tax-driver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 9, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2015 It's a refreshing change to read from someone on here that knows what they're on about, HanoiVillan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 And it's Aston Virra, Aston Virra FC That's a bit lacist. If we're going to have Chinese owners, this important point should be made and taken on board by one and all: Chinese people do NOT get confused between L and R sounds. It's a popular misconception, because Korean people and Japanese people do. I learned this recently, because there was a story in the news about Christine Kirchner, the Argentine prime minister, who made a joke about Chinese people and L and R on Twitter, and got ridiculed. Search Engine is your fliend. Experience says different. My wife had a (Hong Kong) Chinese colleague, who - despite having been to high school in Britain - frequently pronounced 'R's as 'L's. I can help clear this up a bit. In Cantonese, the /r/ phoneme we use in English doesn't exist, but /l/ does, so Cantonese people can have trouble saying /r/ sounds, and may switch for a /l/, but they wouldn't get confused the other way around, as /l/ is common in Cantonese - Lan Kwai Fong, Lantau Island, the surname Lam etc. China in general has many different dialects, and each has different phonemes, so for individual mainlanders their location and regional dialect matters more. The Mandarin spoken around Beijing seems to have both /l/ and /r/ sounds as far as I know. In Korean pronunciation, /l/ and /r/ are allophones, or different variations of the same sound, so it can sound like Koreans are making 'mistakes' with these sounds in English. Japanese is truly the home of this confusion, and the home of jokes like 'the Japanese are very interested in Obama's election' etc. Japanese pronunciation has one phoneme which is about halfway between /l/ and /r/ and doesn't actually match either, so native Japanese speakers are often guessing which sound to make when speaking English. Sorry for the serious post, but since we're on the subject . . . Harrow tax-driver! Tax driver? Bit rich coming from someone on the Isle of Man. (says the guy in Dubai) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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