Mikelaing74

Lol, this is funny. The accent of where I grew up in Sunderland is called Geordie. Now go about fifty miles south into Yorkshire and you have a completely different accent. Go north by about sixty miles and you are into Scotland which again is completely different. Now I live on the west coast of Scotland, about 170 miles from where I grew up and the accent is almost unintelligible ! We are a small country but the hodge podge of accents we have is truly amazing. Picking up on what Bill said, even across the different districts of London you have variation ! For me the south of America seems to drawl, where places like Boston have less of an accent. As for me personally, I don't have much of an accent as I've lived all over the place both in Britain and the continent. When I first moved to London people had huge problems understanding me as I spoke way too fast. By the time I'd slowed my speech down I moved over to the Netherlands, and they had problems with the way I spoke once again ! After being in the Netherlands for a couple of years intended to speak with an Amsterdam accent when I was talking Dutch !

It was nice, but if snuggle ever did something like that to me, not killing would be difficult.

I estimate that the Sun newspaper had to change it's headlines at least three times in that game from 'He's the saviour' to 'He should be sacked'. Depending on what the score was at the time. I'm now just waiting for all the garbage that comes with an England win. And before anyone calls me out as just been a typical scot, I'm actually English !

Totally cringe worthy ! I had to watch with the sound off.

When I'm writing I generally have something quite bouncy on. It helps to keep me focused on what I'm writing. When reading, I prefer something a bit calmer, that allows me to concentrate on what I'm reading.

I have no idea where to even begin, other than to say bright kid for spotting the opportunity.

Hey at least you didn't get thumped by the French

No, it's just I'm a rugby man.

To me this is a black & white question. There's no way I would sleep with someone if I knew they were in a relationship and they were trying to do it behind their partners back. Besides the fact that I'm in a stable relationship myself, I have no desire to experience this for myself. Snuggle and I have an agreement that if we sleep with someone else, it has to be the pair of us and everyone involved has to agree.

Living in Scotland, I know that there will be a very Gallic feel to the place tonight as the Scottish support ABE ( Anyone But England ) They haven't figured out that football really is a silly game

Sorry to hear that Yettie, I can't imagine the pain of watching someone slowly slip away. It is always far worse for the survivors to watch as a loved one slowly recedes until there is only a shell.

Happy Birthday Bob

Bill, Henry VIII divorced whilst being king. And Edward VIII abdicated the throne in order to marry Wallace Simpson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII

Cheers Marky

The short answer to that is yes, she doesn't want Charles on the throne. And in any case I believe according to the laws of inheritance, you cannot inherit the crown if you have been divorced. (I could be wrong). William will be our next king, but I can't see her majesty abdicating until William & Kate have a child. And it's amazing to see so many American's commenting in this thread, I thought you were all die hard republicans ?

As normal an epic chapter, but now I'm going to have to go back to the beginning and read it all again so I can merge this chapter in with everything else that came before. I'm not sure how I feel about Glaster, he's gone from being mysterious to being just a bit more than sinister to me.

Louis, I'm not taking it anywhere. I'm just trying to explain why I was so emotional after the phone call. And also to express how luck I feel with regards to my family & friends.

Happy Birthday Stuby, here's hoping you have a great day with your man Lots of love, Mike xxx

That's nearly as funny as me supporting Scotland !

It helps me to know not everyone has had a bad time of things, and shows what is important in life.

Cheers Marky I was smiling while I wrote it. Just brought home to me exactly how luck I am.

Arpeggio I hope you get the right result

I have been sitting here for the past hour nearly in tears. Darren does not really have a clue as to what to do, I never cry. Am I sad ? Unhappy ? Upset ? No, I am none of these things. I have just realised exactly how good I have it. I have a boyfriend who loves me as much as I love him, and a truly warm and supportive family. The reason for the mood swing is a phone call I got from my mother. “Hi Michael, how are you ?” “I’m good thanks mum, how about you ?” “Yeah, I’m good. Your father

Just finding out how luck I am.

Ok, apparently I'm a swan, but I think of myself as being the angel of death, does that count ?