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Owain - 03 Dec 2005 12:59 GMT

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/tv/chewinthefat/neds/neducation.shtml

The BBC has some excellent language education sites… and then there's
this one. Still, forget your "French Experience" and "Suenos" - this is
the dug's baws. Learning a new language can seem a bit daunting, but
with this Neducation Guide you'll be talking in the style of the Neds in
no time. Who knows, maybe those scone-munchers James and Gary will be
drooling over your attempts at the Glesgae banter? Listen to the
English, followed by the Nedspeak translation.

Owain

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Django Cat - 03 Dec 2005 21:00 GMT

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/tv/chewinthefat/neds/neducation.shtml
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> Owain

Funny old business, language comprehension. I've often watched &
enjoyed BBC Scotland's 'Still Game', which is shown here in the balmy
southern sassenach lands. I never understood the name of the show -
thinking it was rather surreal - what was the game that was still?
Only a second ago looking at the web site did it click that the title
means the two aging reprobates which the story revolves around are ...
still game.

Bizarre. I'm a 47 year old native speaker, who's spent most of his
life in the UK and makes a living teaching English as a foreign
Language. These things still happen.

DC, still confused

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