Demitri_C Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 6 hours ago, leemond2008 said: I always remember when thomas hitzlsperger was on Soccer AM and they were quizzing him about his English accent and he said something along the lines of "it just happened, believe me, I wouldn't have chosen to sound like a Brummie but it is what it is" Does he still have that accent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Does he still have that accent? I don't know, I haven't spoke to him for a while 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chrisp65 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 My eldest nipper is self taught in Icelandic to a fairly decent conversational level. One of these irritating people that just thinks ooh I think I’ll learn Portugese / German / Icelandic, goes away and just does it. I have a friend who has worked as a simultaneous translator in Welsh to/from Flemish, he’ll learn a language before going there on holiday as he feels that’s only polite. Did a year in Patagonia cataloguing dialect differences in Patagonian Spanish. Brain the size of a car park. I was 30 before I learnt how to pronounce Bicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 10 Moderator Share Posted January 10 13 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Did a year in Patagonia cataloguing dialect differences in Patagonian Spanish. But but but there are Welsh speaking communities in Patagonia, he could have holidayed without the hassle of learning a language 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Just now, bickster said: But but but there are Welsh speaking communities in Patagonia, he could have holidayed without the hassle of learning a language Nah that was the gig, working out the Welsh / Spanish mash ups that were evolving, they needed someone fluent in both that could also then lobby for funding. A year of sitting in tea shops and attending village fetes, paid for by the tax payer, as I’ve reminded him more than once. I tell him its why I voted Brexit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 10 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, bickster said: But but but there are Welsh speaking communities in Patagonia, he could have holidayed without the hassle of learning a language They do the whole bit, too. Rugby, male voice choirs, eisteddfods, the lot. Only downside is they have to shag llamas instead of sheep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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