Colloquial English English (was Re: Probability of Article

Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> wrote:

> Joe wrote:
> > I sometimes wonder how
> > (or if) Americans can understand us Brits having a conversation with each
> > other in allegro colloquial speech.
>
> Well, in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, they had subtitles for one
> character who spoke in a thick cockney accent.  :-)
Are you sure you're not thinking about the rhyming slang bit? His accent
wasn't all that thick!

K.

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