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Post by Cromwell on Jun 19, 2018 18:23:46 GMT
An English wargamer travelling in the United States is missing his wargames. In desperation he walks into a bar in a sleepy back woods town in Alabama.
"Does any body here know how to play DBA?" asks the Englishman of the guys in the bar.
A very elderly man spits towards the spitoon and replies
"I sure as hell never played no DBA, however I can give you a quick hoe down on me banjo!"
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mattadami
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Post by mattadami on Jun 20, 2018 3:40:37 GMT
Where in Alabama?
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Post by goragrad on Jun 20, 2018 4:24:02 GMT
A bit off on the dialect - it would have been 'muh banjo...'
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Post by Cromwell on Jun 20, 2018 7:12:31 GMT
Not sure, but definitely it is some place they have no DBA players but plenty of banjos |
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Post by Cromwell on Jun 20, 2018 7:17:14 GMT
A bit off on the dialect - it would have been 'muh banjo...' Sorry about that, never having been to Alabama myself my knowledge of local dialects is sketchy at best, in fact I have heard it said the accent in the southern states of USA has similarities to the English Norfolk accent. I cant say I have noticed it myself except perhaps both tend to draw out the vowels in some words. Got to go, re-tuning "Muh Banjo!" |
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Post by stevie on Jun 20, 2018 7:50:41 GMT
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mattadami
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Post by mattadami on Jun 20, 2018 15:30:00 GMT
Not sure, but definitely it is some place they have no DBA players but plenty of banjos <iframe width="6.399999999999977" height="6.02000000000001" style="position: absolute; width: 6.399999999999977px; height: 6.02000000000001px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none;left: 15px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_20087420" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="6.399999999999977" height="6.02000000000001" style="position: absolute; width: 6.4px; height: 6.02px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 277px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_40704256" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="6.399999999999977" height="6.02000000000001" style="position: absolute; width: 6.4px; height: 6.02px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 15px; top: 239px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_15296767" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="6.399999999999977" height="6.02000000000001" style="position: absolute; width: 6.4px; height: 6.02px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 277px; top: 239px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_77793276" scrolling="no"></iframe> you don't even know what town your in? Then I can't really help you. I have traveled through and lived in Alabama quite a few times. Also If you see ghosts with tiki torches, they're not have a party, just leave them be. |
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Post by goragrad on Jun 21, 2018 12:22:19 GMT
So, I have never had the pleasure of visiting 'Bama either - Colorado native.
However I have heard native speakers and read both phonetic renditions of the dialect. And many a spoof of a Country Western song title -
'Me banjo' is definitely UK or Irish (hear it a lot in the TV and movies from the Isles) - perhaps when the original Scots-Irish immigrants arrived you would have heard that.
Still an amusing piece.
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Post by Cromwell on Jun 22, 2018 7:08:44 GMT
Not sure, but definitely it is some place they have no DBA players but plenty of banjos <iframe width="6.399999999999977" height="6.02000000000001" style="position: absolute; width: 6.399999999999977px; height: 6.02000000000001px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none;left: 15px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_20087420" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="6.399999999999977" height="6.02000000000001" style="position: absolute; width: 6.4px; height: 6.02px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 277px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_40704256" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="6.399999999999977" height="6.02000000000001" style="position: absolute; width: 6.4px; height: 6.02px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 15px; top: 239px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_15296767" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="6.399999999999977" height="6.02000000000001" style="position: absolute; width: 6.4px; height: 6.02px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 277px; top: 239px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_77793276" scrolling="no"></iframe> you don't even know what town your in? Then I can't really help you. I have traveled through and lived in Alabama quite a few times. Also If you see ghosts with tiki torches, they're not have a party, just leave them be. As to the ghosts, nothing to worry about there, I once saw my Mother-in-Law in her nightie finding her way to the the bathroom with a torch, put the fear of God into me, as you advised. I left well alone!   |
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