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Marc 14-07-2009 01:19 PM

I think this is the thread that has made many people respond with 'racist' threads. Maybe it should be locked? I quite like listening to Karly speaking

walter 14-07-2009 01:21 PM

cant stand it either

walter 14-07-2009 01:22 PM

So saying you hate the scouse accent is fine but saying you hate the scottish accent is racist. What a load of bullshit!!!!

siavashsbigfan 14-07-2009 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by charliegimbert
:wink:

http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpre...utscotland.png
maybe you shld change your name to charlie gimp?:cheer2:

liegh1990 14-07-2009 01:24 PM

honestly i cannot stand the accent it sounds like karly is speaking english while trying to speak another language as i cannot understand a word she says which is why whenever she speaks i always have it on subtitles haha

dennissabre 14-07-2009 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Marcjswp
I think this is the thread that has made many people respond with 'racist' threads. Maybe it should be locked? I quite like listening to Karly speaking

How nice of you to say so:rolleyes:


This thread has been running long enough without any problems.

ross-oaft 14-07-2009 01:30 PM

I wouldn't say racist, but offensive? yes!

deeayen 14-07-2009 01:36 PM

i love the scottish accent karly has... i think its really really sexy

Lee. 14-07-2009 01:36 PM

I find this thread offensive! I agree Karly's accent is one of the worst I have ever heard and I cringe when I hear her, but saying that the Scottih accent in general is bloody awful is offenive to Scots!
Where are you from OP?

Caramel77 14-07-2009 01:48 PM

I just can't understand a word she says.... BTW for those who may not know -
Racism is defined as "hatred or intolerance of another race or other races." so please don't bandy it about lightly. Definitely don't think it applies to this thread at all.:conf2:

dennissabre 14-07-2009 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Caramel77
I just can't understand a word she says.... BTW for those who may not know -
Racism is defined as "hatred or intolerance of another race or other races." so please don't bandy it about lightly. Definitely don't think it applies to this thread at all.:conf2:

Exactly Caramel but no doubt wasted on here. :thumbs:

Novo 14-07-2009 01:57 PM

Unless Ally mccoist is speaking

Rodrigo2Win 14-07-2009 01:58 PM

Karly takes it to a new extreme. I have a couple of Scottish friends and their accents are ok, but you can barely understand a word of her...it's really awful.

MarkWaldorf 14-07-2009 01:58 PM

IKR its so hard to understand

IsleOfWeather 14-07-2009 02:02 PM

her very local fife dialectal accent will be news to the whole west coast of Scotland and the North.

It is like an Edinburgh accent that has gone off.

Still it is miles better than listening to any southerner say free instead of three or you gan out frio-day instead of are you going out on friday

siavashsbigfan 14-07-2009 02:04 PM

although i don't like her its good she doesn't try to change her accent just so the other house mates understand her, like so many other previous scottish contestants i.e jason ken?:banana:

Lee. 14-07-2009 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Caramel77
I just can't understand a word she says.... BTW for those who may not know -
Racism is defined as "hatred or intolerance of another race or other races." so please don't bandy it about lightly. Definitely don't think it applies to this thread at all.:conf2:
Saying the Scottih accent is bloody awful may not be racist to you, but such a statement is certainly racial prejudice and the OP is stereotyping all Scots as having the same accent (we don't)

IsleOfWeather 14-07-2009 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by happyland
Quote:

Originally posted by Caramel77
I just can't understand a word she says.... BTW for those who may not know -
Racism is defined as "hatred or intolerance of another race or other races." so please don't bandy it about lightly. Definitely don't think it applies to this thread at all.:conf2:
Saying the Scottih accent is bloody awful may not be racist to you, but such a statement is certainly racial prejudice and the OP is stereotyping all Scots as having the same accent (we don't)
The initial post tells you so much more about the initial poster than the content of their post

Lee. 14-07-2009 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by siavashsbigfan
although i don't like her its good she doesn't try to change her accent just so the other house mates understand her, like so many other previous scottish contestants i.e jason ken?:banana:
Who's Ken?

Claymores 14-07-2009 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by IsleOfWeather
her very local fife dialectal accent will be news to the whole west coast of Scotland and the North.

It is like an Edinburgh accent that has gone off.

Still it is miles better than listening to any southerner say free instead of three or you gan out frio-day instead of are you going out on friday
Karly hails from Methilhill which essentially is a sink estate about 2km from me attached to the connurbation that is Buckhaven/Methil/Leven in East Fife.

Whilst it can't really be described as racist, this thread is at a minumum permeated by Regional and class-based intolerances which are pretty despicable.

Claymores 14-07-2009 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by dennissabre
Quote:

Originally posted by Caramel77
I just can't understand a word she says.... BTW for those who may not know -
Racism is defined as "hatred or intolerance of another race or other races." so please don't bandy it about lightly. Definitely don't think it applies to this thread at all.:conf2:
Exactly Caramel but no doubt wasted on here. :thumbs:
See my response immediately above.

IsleOfWeather 14-07-2009 02:11 PM

Even the Proclaimers wanted Methil no more

so it must be bad

Claymores 14-07-2009 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by IsleOfWeather
Even the Proclaimers wanted Methil no more

so it must be bad
No they didn't actually!- that song is about the industrial decline that was brought upon Scotland despite it being oil rich by Westmister taking control of the oil wealth (hence Bathgate, Linwood and Irvine as well). The song is about these areas being destroyed as economically viable due to underinvestment. - so read it as meaning "Methil IS no more"

Methil is an area of multiple deprivation which has qualified for ESF and ERDF as far back as 1991.

The song also makes a comparison to the Highland Clearances of centuries earlier which were laid upon Scotland as a form of economic persecution at that time following the Rebellions. (Hence Lochaber etc no more).

MarkWaldorf 14-07-2009 02:18 PM

I do actually like it though

ThisIsMarie 14-07-2009 02:35 PM

I don't like the Scottish accent. Just doesn't sound nice IMO.


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