Regional Dialect Detective Gifts

'What the blue blazes is a 'tunerfish' sam'wich!?'

"I can't decide if we're good people who are bad at communicating, or monsters who communicate perfectly."

"And here is the very stone that finally enabled us to figure out what all those dogs and cats were saying."

"Sorry? I wasn't listening."

Shrewsbury - pronunciation

These young people need everything spelled out to them! I miss the old days, when a wink was a wink, and a nod was a nod.

Scouse For Beginners

"My conclusion that he lied was based on his body language, his polygraph results, and the complete implausibility of his story."

"I detect an accent – money?"

"Your body language says you've lost interest."

The Tangents talk it over.

'The rozzer in the dorp had never seen a quod.'

'Whoa! I can see a problem already. A misspelling on my diploma! Ha, ha . . . a little humor there.'

"Our researchers have discovered that 'E' is the most common, and only, letter in the dolphin alphabet."

"I know it's a foreign book...but I'm reading it with a local accent."

Cowboy on horse sees diretion sign for 'thataway'.

''Pop'? In my part of the country they're called a 'Soda-Tart'.'

Werewolves of London, Ontario

"Something’s wrong. I can tell by the way you’re being nice to me."

"Richard has quite an ear for dialogue."

'My course covers all the dead languages.'

Is (petroglyph symbol) one word or two?

'I'm afraid he has sweeny flu.'

'Birmingham AY to ZEE'

"It's an 'Ee by gum' bike."

'Do you sell focaccia?'- 'What did you say?' - 'Focaccia.' - 'I think you should leave now.' - 'Pervert.'

A Yankee in Dixie: 'What in blue blazes is a 'tunerfish' sam' wich?'

'After 15 years in management I've learnt how to read people. I can sense that there's something wrong.'

'I'm a mockney - gey me aaahht of ere!'

"I detect an accent — one that's down on its luck and has had too much to drink."

"We've a phone tap on Paul Gascoigne. Quick! Get a translator!"

Book surgery.

'The biggest adjustment to relocating on the west coast is calling people 'dude'.'

Scouse Opticians

Your kitchen should get its act together. This is Manhattan clam chowder, and yet the fly in this soup has a New England accent.