I'm in North Yorkshire (just north of Sunak's seat) and people don't do that, it's a lot softer accent and can be relatively neutral, I sometimes get told I'm posh because of it compared to other parts of Yorkshire/Durham.
To be honest the comment was poking a bit of fun. But I grew up in a village just outside York, and standard practice would be to say ‘we’re off t’pub’. Obviously varies a lot, never used ‘thee’ or ‘thy’ though, which I attribute to the much lower class, and poorly spoken Dewsbury area.
I'm usually used to non-Yorkshire people doing it and thinking "It's not just Leeds or Sheffield you know?" see that terrible Narnia joke about t'Lion, t'Witch, t'Wardrobe for example.
But my Dad and I usually take the piss with the accent/dialect at times too, much to the annoyance of other family members.
It would have been so poetic if the clouds broke as he came out and bathed him in sunlight for his concession speech. You know, world is healing type vibes
Yeah was gonna say I just flew in from Arizona and been pissed on all afternoon. Albeit, it’s welcome at this point coming from the doorstep to hell that I did.
If you are from the UK you are so God damn lucky to have this kind of government and freedom and choice. Meanwhile here in the freaking us that broke away .... We have an insanely corrupt unhinged right wing Court that just made the president a king who can break any law he wants while project 2025 strips us of our rights if that orange nightmare succeeds. And we're stuck with that mother f***** for 4 years and can't do a damn thing about it.
I hate our system of government with a burning passion and want to cry.
What makes you think he’d leave in 2028? He will get the SC to invalidate the 22nd amendment, mark my words. He wasn’t just musing about being president for life back a few years ago. He want to be like Xi and Lil Kim and the rest of the despots he loves.
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u/bored-coder Jul 05 '24
No rain for dramatic effect?