by sleepy 16 Replies latest jw friends
In Britian every city has its own accent and local words that people use.
If you worked a council estate in Cardiff you were Joe-va's witnesses.
A reply on the ministry could be "You Joe-vah's witnesses is it?
I remmember working in Shefield and people would call each other "ducky"
What were witnesses called where you live?
Mostly "Jehovah's Witnesses". I live in California, U.S.A. which is pretty diverse. But everyone tries to speak English, I mean American English. ;-)
In Brooklyn we are Jehov'ers Witnesses.
In Cali we were referred to as Jehovahs. As in, "What are you, a 'Jehovah'? It sounds insulting and feels insulting. It made high school so much fun.
ooooo rrrrrrrrr I got down off me trackter todayyy I did, put my foot down off step, and trod right in pile of cow dung, came clean up past my welly boot it did, ooooo rrrrrrr, soggy smelly foot now see.
Do not ever underestimate the power of Cornish speak. The locals here sound as thick as five short planks, however, beware, the average Cornishman talks with an exceeding amount of exceptionally dry sarcasm and wit, not intended to be rude, just that they don't use so many words to say what is on their mind, you kinda get used to it. The thought left in your mind usually is, is this guy taking the piss or what?!! Or is he being as 'nice' as he makes out.
Talking to a real wide boy Cornish lad last night who was drunk. Telling me about all the stories that take place on the construction site of the Natuional Maritime Museum. Gawd some of the tales he was coming out with, would make you shreik with laughter, obviously with as Cornish a voice as you might find every other word puntuated with plenty of F words. Ruddy hilarious it twas.
J-dubs here is the expression they labelled us with.
You think the English can be sarcastic, the Cornish definitely take it to new heights. Listen to the Cornish comedian 'Jethro', you'll see what I mean with his mate Denzil Penberthy.
'celtic' Mark
Edited for spelling error
Edited by - invisible on 19 July 2002 12:43:2
"Yo, youse guys get outa my yard right now, or I'll blow your friggin' head off! I gotcher Watchtower right here, dip#$%&!! Fugeddaboutit!!"
I'm from New Jersey, if you couldn't guess...
Edited by - NeonMadman on 19 July 2002 12:51:48
When I was growing up in NE Tennessee/SE Kentucky, my relatives called JW's "Hobeys." I was the first (unfortunately, not the last) member of my family to become a full-fledged JW, giving me as sense of real specialness about displaying a high degree of stupidity on a daily basis. A lot of people in the U.S. say "Jehovah Witnesses" omitting the possessive, while JW's that I knew insisted that they were "one of Jehovah's Witnesses."
Actually I was called a Jehovah a lot. I always hated that and I still do.
"You were raised a Jehovah weren't you?" -- Yes, I was raised a god! GO ME!
Usually the locals are half drunk and mostly stoned saying "hey man...you got some weed?" ...crackheads ~FS
In upper east Tennessee and sw Virginia, they called us "no hellers" and meant it. I never did see any body so insulted that we'd quenched the fires of hell. Go figure.
Francois
Yay us, boo them.
