tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post4041690052603366418..comments2021-10-23T17:07:05.011+01:00Comments on Moptops Pitstop: High Rising TerminalMoptophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03043271018134053860noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-43729012784273070932010-03-30T19:00:43.008+01:002010-03-30T19:00:43.008+01:00Maggie, welcome. MEA CASA TEA CASA EST.
Fran - ha...Maggie, welcome. MEA CASA TEA CASA EST.<br /><br />Fran - hadn't thought of that. Excellent point, well made?<br /><br />Dr FTSE - you have made me think of something else, for which I thank you in advance.Moptophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03043271018134053860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-74221125051061076582010-03-30T18:00:32.208+01:002010-03-30T18:00:32.208+01:00This is so, like, true. Especially of girls, I ha...This is so, like, true. Especially of girls, I have to say. Boys aren't so keen on doing it, because it just sounds like their voices haven't broken properly yet.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-27382706581438071252010-03-30T16:11:35.757+01:002010-03-30T16:11:35.757+01:00You guys are hilarous. I can't even think of c...You guys are hilarous. I can't even think of competing in your verbal games. Walking away laughing.maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695675141316914425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-47797765813503039082010-03-30T13:51:29.136+01:002010-03-30T13:51:29.136+01:00I rate High Rising Terminals at the same low level...I rate High Rising Terminals at the same low level as "gonna", "like", "you know" and "going forward" - and the glottal stopped "T" in words such as "little", "better", and "constitution". AND IT"S SPREADING! As more and more parents rely on the television to teach their children to speak, and more and more presenters, interviewers, interviewees and actors on radio and television speak semi-literate Estuary English, we'll soon be in the situation where only the over 50's speak intelligibly with or without a regional accent. Just noticed that High Rising Terminals has the same initials as another condition in the Medical Lexicon. Pass the tablets, someone . . . Sorry folks. Sloppy speech annoys the funnybone out of me . . .Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-60469699717989290692010-03-30T13:20:54.366+01:002010-03-30T13:20:54.366+01:00Hahahahaha!!.....lord but I love your funnyness.Hahahahaha!!.....lord but I love your funnyness.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-42635144146550717092010-03-30T11:50:58.308+01:002010-03-30T11:50:58.308+01:00Dear Deborah
I am waiting to see how many Brummie...Dear Deborah<br /><br />I am waiting to see how many Brummies I've offended. Perhaps I should make it clear that not ALL Brummies are stupid and dull. They just sound as if - <br /><br />- YOU'RE IN A HOLE. STOP DIGGING. Ed.Moptophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03043271018134053860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-45913545751035813022010-03-30T11:00:54.764+01:002010-03-30T11:00:54.764+01:00Dear Moptop,
I have had to go to Stacie's blog...Dear Moptop,<br />I have had to go to Stacie's blog and eat crow. Who'd of thunk that my regional slur would be read the VERY SAME DAY by a Deep Southerner??? <br />Let's get DoctorFTSE to work out the odds on that one.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-2113261198335427222010-03-30T10:39:00.072+01:002010-03-30T10:39:00.072+01:00N.B. Monotonmous is how monotonous is pronounced i...N.B. Monotonmous is how monotonous is pronounced in a thick Birmingham accent. Something to do with phlegm, I believe.Moptophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03043271018134053860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-70309172687162011212010-03-30T10:36:51.157+01:002010-03-30T10:36:51.157+01:00Welcome Stacie & Annie. Thank you for calling....Welcome Stacie & Annie. Thank you for calling.<br /><br />@ Stacie - I like all accents except the strong Birmingham (England not Alabama) accent which I associate with stupidity and dullness. This may, however, be due to the ownership of a relative who could fairly (and kindly) be described as stupid and dull and who speaks in a slow, monotonmous Birmingham accent.<br /><br />@ Annie - That is a very good point? Only last week, a Young Scholar gave a presentation which was exhaustively researched and well-organised. But every blimmin' sentence ended on a High Rising Terminal so she may as well have been saying 'I hate how this swimsuit leaves tan marks, do you like these highlights, they're honey gold I decided against treacle shimmer as it was too dark and it clashes with my nail polish, Ooh look! A sea gull?'Moptophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03043271018134053860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-49251944821755242652010-03-30T09:58:06.584+01:002010-03-30T09:58:06.584+01:00It's hideous. I think that it is a way of tryi...It's hideous. I think that it is a way of trying to keep people involved in vacuous conversation because turning each statement into a question requires some form of acknowledgment from the listener, right?Annie (Lady M) xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086309578820420578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-54809384964255187672010-03-30T04:59:48.192+01:002010-03-30T04:59:48.192+01:00LOL...one of my pet peeves...although I am from Ar...LOL...one of my pet peeves...although I am from Arkansas and Tennessee both and have successfully rid myself of the accent, Deborah, I do think many of the folks that reside there are anything but vacuous...although I must concede your point! The accent is a bit annoying if you are not used to it.Staciehttp://www.soul2substance.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-17111903985942200602010-03-29T22:36:05.228+01:002010-03-29T22:36:05.228+01:00I guess, like, you know what I mean, right?I guess, like, you know what I mean, right?Moptophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03043271018134053860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-60702407978981512082010-03-29T22:03:00.334+01:002010-03-29T22:03:00.334+01:00This is the single most irritating speech tic I ca...This is the single most irritating speech tic I can think of, especially <i> chez les femmes </i>. It suggests a vacuity of mind in much the same way a Tennessee accent does. <br /><br />But then there's 'like' which Martin reminded me often goes together with the up-tick, but it doesn't make people sound quite so brainless. Or maybe it does?Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-57275488084599405472010-03-29T21:43:33.455+01:002010-03-29T21:43:33.455+01:00Like, re-writing history?Like, re-writing history?Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-61338444841456163112010-03-29T20:58:18.091+01:002010-03-29T20:58:18.091+01:00I may have just ruined two great speeches?I may have just ruined two great speeches?Moptophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03043271018134053860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186196426989121501.post-26070160059537231952010-03-29T20:55:44.682+01:002010-03-29T20:55:44.682+01:00Like, this is really spooky? Like, I've been h...Like, this is really spooky? Like, I've been here before? <br /><br />Alright, enough's enough, I know....Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.com