“I’ll just look over the Go 500 unofficial advanced rules.”
“I’ll just do a quick conversion to a pocketmod booklet.”
“You know, a Typst log sheet generator would be really easy.”
(Fortunately, it was.)
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Commiserations on the painful cost of diesel…
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https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/378887/a-game-philosopher-s-love-letter-to-bgg-excerpts-f
Best Geeklist I have seen in a while
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Another book to add to the reading list!
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Ever since I was born, I have been locked in a bitter feud with the Yellow Face, and even if I raise the níðstöng and, with solemn ritual and the appropriate sacrifice, heap abuse, insults and smánarorð upon its ancestors, even unto seven times seven generations, it only covers its face in shame for a brief period, enough for me to rest in peace for but a short time.
Earlier than any decent man or beast could countenance, the Yellow Face has the effrontery to face me again. Our eternal duel begins anew. Know that no weapon forged by Man may avail you, you must be willing to abandon all restraint and use the foulest seið against this abomination.
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There are no fewer than 95 baseballs in my house. I did not buy any of them, clearly, they are either breeding in their buckets, or an elf is stealing them and stashing them on my porch.
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For far too long, the Americans have always stereotyped the English as these Hugh Grant-ish posh people with RP accents. Thanks to the World Cup, they might now experience the English the way Europeans have experienced them.
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Well, in one of the ways Europeans have experienced them. The Americans haven’t yet met our hen parties.
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That’s the pepperpots from Monty python on a bender right?
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Only rather younger and underdressed even by bar-hopping standards.
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“If it wasn’t for chip fat they’d be frozen” (Kaiser Chiefs).
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Common British stereotypes over here:
- Bumbling charmer, young (Hugh Grant)
- Bumbling charmer, old (Marcus from
Search for the Holy GrailThe Last Crusade) - Cultured but awkward genius (e.g. pretty much any Benedict Cumberpatch role)
- Principled villain (e.g. Grand Moff Tarkin)
- The cockney brawler
- British Rikku
What is the way Europeans experience you? Well lubricated football fans?
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I mean there’s two accents on display there
- Landed Gentry
- Cockney
There’s at least 4 accents within a 30 minute drive of where I live. It was a shock to be reminded Wayne Rooney was Scouse (the person variety, not the stew variety).
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Admittedly, we don’t get a lot of exposure to Yorkshire here. And when we do, most people filter it to Scotch.
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This was an interesting breakdown for someone like me who only gets sporadic windows into the British English map.
The Major English Accents
- Received Pronunciation (RP): Often referred to as “the Queen’s English” or standard BBC English. It is a prestigious, class-based accent with clear vowel enunciation, mostly spoken in Southern England.
- Cockney: A traditionally working-class East London accent. It features dropping the ‘H’ at the start of words (e.g., hello becomes ello) and glottal stops, where the ‘T’ is replaced with a catch in the throat.
- Multicultural London English (MLE): A modern, multi-ethnic accent prevalent among young Londoners. It blends Cockney with Caribbean, West African, and South Asian influences.
- Geordie: Spoken in Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. Famous for its unique intonation and specific vowel changes (e.g., house is pronounced closer to hoose).
- Scouse: The accent of Liverpool. It is highly nasal, heavily influenced by Irish immigration, and known for the distinct guttural ‘ch’ sound (similar to the Scottish ‘loch’).
- Brummie: The dialect of Birmingham. Recognized by its nasal tone and sing-songy, up-and-down pitch.
- West Country: Spoken across South West England (e.g., Bristol, Devon). It is one of the few English accents that is strictly “rhotic,” meaning speakers heavily pronounce the letter ‘R’ at the end of words like car.
The National Accents
- Scottish English: Features wildly different vowel sounds and a tapped or trilled ‘R’. The Glaswegian accent is notably distinct from the softer, more formal Edinburgh accent.
- Welsh English: Heavily influenced by the Welsh language. It generally features a lyrical, sing-song intonation and the elongation of consonants.
- Northern Irish English: Heavily influenced by Scottish English. It is defined by its distinct rising pitch and unique pronunciation of diphthongs (e.g., down sounds more like doun).
And for the Americans, we can’t overlook the value that Mac Manc McManx brought to us:
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I realise that any categorisation of British accents is practically fractal, but you’re missing most of the south of England and most of the north of England 
Also, if you’d like to be totally boggled, look up a video of someone speaking Doric (which is a dialect rather than an accent, but still).
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Many British people can slide at will between some of those accents, plus many more that weren’t listed. Also, some of the accents are quite different for male and female speakers.
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