Moody Blues - were from Birmingham - England
Swinging Blue Jeans - Merseybeat - Liverpool - just up the road....
See, I'm not quite old enough to let that one pass....
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Brits don't say "yep" either I don't think, but surprisingly they use "reckon" a lot as in "I reckon that's right." They also say "right" during awkward pauses.Penelope wrote:I remember Paul McCartney, telling the anecdote about his father, who, when the Beatles had the hit - She Loves You - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah......
His father asked why it had to sound so American - we don't really say, Yeah.
Paul, replied, 'Well, She Loves You...Yes, Yes, Yes......just doesn't have the same ring'.
Oh, Geo, that's priceless!!!For the longest time I had no idea what "too dear" meant.
Well, you wouldn't want to be hit 'avec fromage' now would you?froglipz: for some reason I can actually picture in my head "zut alors!" "tres bien magnifique" "avec fromage" being physically thrown about, and people ducking to avoid being hit by them, LoL.
It can work the other way around though. It depends where the person is psychologically/intellectually.Johnson wrote:
My uncle was studying to be a priest.
End result: Atheist.