[QUOTE=chowder]
eee laddie tha’ widna ken nary a smudge of eet
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swoon
[QUOTE=WhyNot]
swoon
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Didna ken my sessing lassie?
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]
What sort of “meat pies”? (When I first heard of a “pork pie” I assumed it was like a chicken pot pie but made with pork; apparently it’s something very different, a rather gelatinous dish served cold.)
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Steak & kidney pies, and similar, made using an industrial-strength pastry and extra-gloopy gravy for the sauce. And yes, pork pies are something very different, with a spiritual home in Leicestershire.
[QUOTE=chowder]
Didna ken my sessing lassie?
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Oh, I ken. I ken a lot. I work at Ren Faires, where American guys try to talk like you and fail miserably.
But it makes me swooney anyway.
Say somethin’ else. 
Here’s a sample of the sort of pies you get in chip shops. The one on the left is a pudding rather than a pie. Their version of the suspiciously vague-sounding “meat” pie contains a generous 11.5% beef and 9% pork. What the remaining 80% consists of, I don’t want to know.
[QUOTE=WhyNot]
Oh, I ken. I ken a lot. I work at Ren Faires, where American guys try to talk like you and fail miserably.
But it makes me swooney anyway.
Say somethin’ else.
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Sitha hen, thas pooten me aboot…isna tha?
This British?American accent appeal is strange.
I used to go to a pub where one of the barmen was from Idaho (I think) and the girls used to stand drooling at his accent…mind you he was one handsome geezer I must confess.
Being straight I never fancied him but the girls used to queue up.
Come to think of it I do believe we Brits, hated him 
[QUOTE=GorillaMan]
Steak & kidney pies, and similar, made using an industrial-strength pastry and extra-gloopy gravy for the sauce. And yes, pork pies are something very different, with a spiritual home in Leicestershire.
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Meat and potato pie is the local delicacy. Cheese and onion is also popular.
[QUOTE=Usram]
Here’s a sample of the sort of pies you get in chip shops. The one on the left is a pudding rather than a pie. Their version of the suspiciously vague-sounding “meat” pie contains a generous 11.5% beef and 9% pork. What the remaining 80% consists of, I don’t want to know.
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The one on the left is a babby’s 'ed.
[QUOTE=chowder]
This British?American accent appeal is strange.
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Isn’t it though? I suspect some genetic thing - like the sound of a voice from “far away” is a real attraction in a primordial “Ooh! New genes!” kind of way. This whole thread, with bizarre sounding names and a bunch of slang thrown in that I can only half follow, has got my nethers buzzin’.
*Any *accent does it for me, but the more exotic, the better. Northern Brits are almost unintelligable at times, while still speaking English, so they make me the swooniest. Plus, in my head, you sound just like Christopher Eccleston with a splash of Ewan MacGregor, so there you go. 
But no, I can’t imagine being turned on by an Iowa accent. shudder
[QUOTE=WhyNot]
But no, I can’t imagine being turned on by an Iowa accent. shudder
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Nor can we
[QUOTE=Dominic Mulligan]
BrainGlutton, a babby’s head is a suet pudding. It looks like a baby’s head.
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“Suet pudding” . . . is that Brit slang for “glob of lard”?
You can’t even get suet in American supermarkets, except as a bird food – I’ve tried (some old-fashioned chili recipes call for it). But somebody actually went and made a dessert out of this stuff?! :eek:
[QUOTE=WhyNot]
Isn’t it though? I suspect some genetic thing - like the sound of a voice from “far away” is a real attraction in a primordial “Ooh! New genes!” kind of way. This whole thread, with bizarre sounding names and a bunch of slang thrown in that I can only half follow, has got my nethers buzzin’.
*Any *accent does it for me, but the more exotic, the better. Northern Brits are almost unintelligable at times, while still speaking English, so they make me the swooniest. Plus, in my head, you sound just like Christopher Eccleston with a splash of Ewan MacGregor, so there you go.
But no, I can’t imagine being turned on by an Iowa accent. shudder
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Is there such a thing as an Idaho or Iowa accent?
I think the Scottish accents, like Billy Boyd’s and Craig Ferguson’s, make me the swooniest.
Oh and chowder, don’t let the name fool ya, I’m a lassie. Now say something else cute. wink
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]
“Suet pudding” . . . is that Brit slang for “glob of lard”?
You can’t even get suet in American supermarkets, except as a bird food – I’ve tried (some old-fashioned chili recipes call for it). But somebody actually went and made a dessert out of this stuff?! :eek:
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Look at Usram’s link. It’s the first pie on the left. It isn’t a sweet dish, it’s filled with minced meat and gravy.
You can’t get suet in the US? How do you make dumplings then?
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]
“Suet pudding” . . . is that Brit slang for “glob of lard”?
You can’t even get suet in American supermarkets, except as a bird food – I’ve tried (some old-fashioned chili recipes call for it). But somebody actually went and made a dessert out of this stuff?! :eek:
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Just because it says “pudding” doesn’t mean it’s a dessert. Remember they have Yorkshire pudding which is a savory dish and is probably more akin to a popover than what we Americans think of as a pudding.
[QUOTE=Dominic Mulligan]
Look at Usram’s link. It’s the first pie on the left. It isn’t a sweet dish, it’s filled with minced meat and gravy.
You can’t get suet in the US? How do you make dumplings then?
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Usually we use shortening - artificial suet made from partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.
And it’s just as nasty as it sounds: Crisco
[QUOTE=seosamh]
The sister-in-law is from Sheffield and absolutely loves that stuff. But calls it “bag”.
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Which led me to search for udderly fantastic recipes- I should have stayed home on this one. I found a recipe for Udder Eclairs. The first recipe I have ever come across that lists Nair depilatory cream as one of its ingredients! :eek:
[QUOTE=Wile E]
Is there such a thing as an Idaho or Iowa accent?
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:smack:
I just noticed **chowder **wrote “Idaho” and I made it “Iowa” in my head. Sorry 'bout that.
But yes, of course they have accents, or regional dialects, to be more precise. Everyone does who uses verbal speech (and I understand that even sign language has dialect.) You probably don’t recognize it as far off of the “generic Midwestern US”, but one who studies such things does.
[QUOTE=devilsknew]
I found a recipe for Udder Eclairs.
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Thank you, devilsknew, you just made my diet a little easier. I don’t think I’ll eat for a week now.
[QUOTE=devilsknew]
Which led me to search for udderly fantastic recipes- I should have stayed home on this one. I found a recipe for Udder Eclairs. The first recipe I have ever come across that lists Nair depilatory cream as one of its ingredients! :eek:
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When am I going to learn to go with my first impulse and not click links like that?
Yanno this guys accent was kinda like…“Yeeeeesss ma’am and what’ll I get for you terrrrrday?” When he was talking to the ladies.
To us mere men it was “Yeah whaddya want?”.
Wile E
So aanyway ‘ere a wus wi’ t’head 'un ramjampakful saarmun can sithee, by 'eck lass twas fur 'oggin.
Shall we get a room? 