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I’ve binged the first 13 episodes over the last few days and just wanted to say I’m really enjoying it from the history to the banter! Keep up the great work and I am looking forward to catching up with the next 13.
I can imagine! I don't know if there is anymore consistency with how English is spoken in the USA, but there is absolutely NONE here! That's before you get to all the regional accents and dialects! There are also names and place-names which are deliberately disguised by snobbishness and pretension In Knightsbridge in London, for example, there's a well-known street, which appears on the map as Beauchamp Pont, it's pronounced Beecham Place!! Or by very localised pronunciation - Thwaite is an old Viking word, meaning a piece of land cleared for cultivation. Various forms of it are common, particularly in Yorkshire. Generally, it is pronounced 'Th-wait', but there are places in West Yorkshire called 'Linthwaite' and 'Slaithwaite', which are pronounced, 'Lin-it' and 'Sl-ow-it'!Thanks, Duncan, Jerbhola89, and Jack.
And Jack, thanks for adding a bit of information and pronunciation. Barrett and I were having a chuckle about "your" English language and the many dialects of such.
You've mentioned that before buddy! Bearing in mind, the vast scale of the US, it's not surprising that language and pronunciation vary, but every village here has it's own accent, and dialect words! Going back to Norfolk, while that is pronounced 'Nor-fuk' here, if the second part of the word was at the front, it would be pronounced to rhyme with 'woke', as in Folkestone. But to confuse things, while the first syllable of that place name is pronounced 'Foke', the second is not pronounced 'stone', but 'stun'! Hard to win! Thanks mate, I wish I could have been thereThat's interesting Jack, and the same certainly applies here in the U.S. with words pronounced differently across the country. Being a "far" Northerner, I have a very tough time understanding some of my friends in the South.
And yes, some people in Minnesota do sound like those in the movie "Fargo".
We did have a great time at the show which would have been two fold if you were there my friend.
It took me a while to understand some Kiwi, Duncan!!- but they all speak funny!
I think you two would get on like a house on fire DuncanGreat reading guys!
I hope that you had a great time with Barrett, would be great to meet up with him one day
Thanks mate, I think you've had a few adventures yourself over the years!I hope there are more interviews with Mark Z- the things he must have seen! Really interesting, that's what intrigues me so much is the depth of the Knife World when I go traveling and meeting so many great people - I'm scared to start naming if I miss one out.
I'm sure a Mr. Jack Black would make and outstanding guest- a great guy who has had such experience that its almost mind boggling to someone like me who picks up the odd knife here and there! - The lives you my friends have lived is so intriguing and fascinating and thank you for sharing with us your experiences and knowledge.
I have to confess, I can't understand a word you're saying either, but I just smile and nod my head!My Wife is English, and its really funny because Sue's Mum couldn't understand me when I spoke to her on the phone , and its not until you travel that you meet up with amazing lovely people - but they all speak funny!
Meeting you all was one of the great days of my life Duncan Stan sure did like a natter, I lost count of the trains back to Leeds I missed, we would go to lunch, and I'd just help him back to his workshop, and I'd be there another 2 or 3 hours! Walking round Sheffield would be less interesting today I'm afraid Duncan, the old factories are being destroyed at a terrible pace I would love a hat-trick pal Maybe H herder will come over tooOh Jack- wasn't Stan just a great person the meet- I loved that day with you being taken all around Sheffield - meeting Stan was a highlight, but so too was meeting Jack Black as well! We will have to make it a third meet one day soonish matey But next time I finish a sentence I will ask you to repeat back to me what I said
I've listened twice already!! Mind boggling talent flying around that episode!!Released a show today with knife maker Rhidian Catrill. Thanks to Charlie for helping to set this one up.
Beyond a very talented maker, Rhidian is such a genuine good guy!!!
And Jack, what a great picture of Stan and Duncan.
Like Mr ButlerI've listened twice already!! Mind boggling talent flying around that episode!!
Nice job - all four of you!!! Mike, Jason, Neal and Rhid!!!
And Rhidian was born to his Art!!!
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Jack the details are a little sensitive but let's just say when I got that phone call from Neal I knew I better spill the beans, my little trick had worked a little too well. I'm going to remain very cautions going forward. I'm certain I have payback coming. LolLike Mr Butler
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LOL!Jack the details are a little sensitive but let's just say when I got that phone call from Neal I knew I better spill the beans, my little trick had worked a little too well. I'm going to remain very cautions going forward. I'm certain I have payback coming. Lol