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    Quote Originally Posted by jordanjm View Post
    Mike1: How did you get the text upside down?
    ¡ɥƃnoɥʇ ʞɔɐq ʇı uɹnʇ plnoɔ ı ɥsıʍ ı ˙ʇı pıp ı ʍoɥ ɹǝqɯǝɯǝɹ ʇ,uɐɔ ı

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    So that explains it.
    A kilted Celt on the border.
    Kentoc'h mervel eget bezañ saotret
    Omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum ægerrume desinere.


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    ¿sıɥʇ ǝʞıl ʇsod ʇsnɾ plnoɥs ı ǝqʎɐɯ
    That's Australian english.
    Regional Director for Scotland for Clan Cunningham International, and a Scottish Armiger.

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    Oh man, Nick just had to bring up the Yooper accent.

    Aye uhh, I'm eh Sconnie, born en bred, an' deh accend ain't so stron whin I'm arand uders, bhet whin I'm wid my frien's, dats whin flatlanders need teh duck fer cover!

    NOTE: Wisconsinites DON'T talk like people from the UP (Upper Peninsula of Michigan). There are differences...that I'm pretty sure only people from those two areas can pick out. Nick, am I right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
    Oh man, Nick just had to bring up the Yooper accent.

    Aye uhh, I'm eh Sconnie, born en bred, an' deh accend ain't so stron whin I'm arand uders, bhet whin I'm wid my frien's, dats whin flatlanders need teh duck fer cover!

    NOTE: Wisconsinites DON'T talk like people from the UP (Upper Peninsula of Michigan). There are differences...that I'm pretty sure only people from those two areas can pick out. Nick, am I right?
    We surely don't talk the same! Wisconsin has less of a Finnish influence, for one. People from outside the area seem to think that Minnesotans, Wisconsinites, Yoopers, and Canadians all talk the same. But it's probably the same thing as someone from the Midwest not being able to distinguish various Southern accents.

    I read an article once a linguist had written about the Yooper accent/dialect. His conclusion was that there is no Yooper accent, it's just that people from Michigan, Wisconsin, etc. think there is and so they hear it. To that, I quote one of my favorite T.V. colonels, buffalo bagels! He must not have spent any actual time here.

    Oh, and I think my accent tends to thicken when I'm really excited about something or, as you say, around people I know.

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    An uair a théid an gobhainn air bhathal 'se is feàrr a bhi réidh ris.
    (When the smith gets wildly excited, 'tis best to agree with him.)

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    I Kilt, therefore I am. -McClef

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    Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post

    NOTE: Wisconsinites DON'T talk like people from the UP (Upper Peninsula of Michigan). There are differences...that I'm pretty sure only people from those two areas can pick out.
    Oh, fer shure. Spent mah first fiftin yeers in Oh Clare (Eau Claire). Uff da!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beertigger View Post
    Oh, fer shure. Spent mah first fiftin yeers in Oh Clare (Eau Claire). Uff da!

    Or on St. Patrick's Day: O'Clare!

    Gid te see anader Sconnie an deh bords!

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    Firstfoot.com has a good Scots dictionary. It can be irreverent, but you should have figured on that.

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    This is why I miss Monarch of the Glen. I could hear it.

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