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[-] towerful@programming.dev 68 points 2 days ago

Bloody hell is more of a surprise thing, tbh

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago

This comment is how I got the joke.

I was thinking the joke was that they cut their tongue on a scrabble tile. I was like *why would it be in their mouth?"

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago

british people talk like that because they always have a scrabble tile in their mouth

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago

Hence the blood...

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

Could be Indian?

[-] breecher@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

Americans: I have no accent.

Rest of the world: ...

[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 1 points 20 hours ago

West Coast English is the least accented version of English in the world. It's a fact.

[-] callmepk@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago
[-] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Oh for Jam-n-L!

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

Bruh ive been thinking about for like 5 mins i dont get it. Where does the "hel" part come from. I feel so stupid because the moment i saw the picture i already knew it would be bloody hell but i just cant figure out where the missing letters come from.

[-] Angelusz@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The meme is inaccurate, brits would indeed pronounce the "he" in hell as well, if educated.

However; many dialects see "blohdy 'ell" (phonetically written) or some variation of it, as common.

So I understand your confusion, but there's order in the chaos. Always is. 😉

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

if educated

I mean everyone was educated if they were in school after 1947 in the UK, which is where the idiom you use comes from.

Many British accents drop /h/ as accent is no longer a certain indicator of class, plus, code switching is a thing. I consider myself pretty well educated and will drop my aiches in most contexts except formal.

[-] Angelusz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I'm not local to the UK, just educated. As everyone else, we too have a common dialect and many local variants.

I most often prefer to use common, for understanding. We're all common in some way or another after all. 🙂

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago

I think the meme is saying we’re all cockneys from a Mel Gibson film and not Scots, Welsh, Yorkshire, Midlands, Lancashire, Home Counties, Northern Irish, Cornish, Dwarvish, etc etc.

[-] Angelusz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Must be, must be..

[-] CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

My grandmother was always quick with a "bleedin' 'eck".

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Americans when they have to pronounce "tt" in the mi'dd'le of a word:

Brits when they have to pronounce "h" or "r", at any time evah:

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago
[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid 2 points 2 days ago
[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Cocking naura

[-] sepi@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

What's up with the

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