Comments on: Culture: Talking The Bermudian Talk …

By: Bermuda Dialect College Workshop | Bernews.com

Bermuda Dialect College Workshop | Bernews.com — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:57:04 +0000

[...] of Toronto with her Bachelors in Linguistics and Portuguese, will be holding a seminar on the unique Bermudian dialect at the Bermuda College on November 3 from 6.30-8.30 [...]

By: Proud Bermy

Proud Bermy — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:01:24 +0000

@sidekick Have you lost your mind! I am so glad i just saw this post this morning cause I would hate to have to educate you on Bermudian culture and language. It seems you were out of something to say and wanted to feel important enough to be attacked, publically.

By: Chris Astwood

Chris Astwood — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:59:49 +0000

Damn it there’s only one N in them there words. Now your idiot spelling has infected mine.

By: Chris Astwood

Chris Astwood — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:57:24 +0000

Never mind that you do not know the difference between the meanings of the words ‘annunciate’ (to announce or declare something), and ‘ennunciate’ (to say or pronounce words clearly). Go learn your own language before you insult our version. If you are a Bermudian yourself, go re-evaluate the ways that you try to generate feelings of self-worth.

By: BDADIVA

BDADIVA — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:17:08 +0000

Sidekick – Bye fack off, bye!! Shrongwiffu?? Aink NOFFIN wrong wiff hah we talk!

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:08:13 +0000

Onionseed – don’t you mean “wexes”?

By: CanadianLuv

CanadianLuv — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:43:09 +0000

I loveee the Bermudian accent!!! It’s so beautiful, but every time I visit the Island and experience the nightlife all the Bermudian DJ’s & MC’s speak in patwa! I find that very odd! lol

By: UncleElvis

UncleElvis — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:05:26 +0000

According to Bill Bryson’s book “Mother Tongue”, that Appalachian accent you find way up in the mountains is actually remarkably close to Olde English, like Chaucer would have spoken.
And yet, folks look down on it.

Well, I guess some people need to put others down to feel better about themselves…

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:00:35 +0000

INNA! Shucks Bye!

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:56:35 +0000

LOL. Better to keep quiet & be thought to be a fool than to opwn ones mouth, or spelling, & leave no doubt.

An accent or dialect is nothing to be ashamed of. Try traveling the US South or Appalatian states & meet the people. It is hard to believe that some of it is English. It is mutual. They don’t understand us either.

By: Mary Williams

Mary Williams — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:25:38 +0000

And the fact that you could not even spell check the words “Bermudian” and “enunciate” means what? Lazy!

By: Way To Go

Way To Go — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:46:38 +0000

Yes that accent was definately horrible… so not Bermudian not even a little bit definately someone from another island and they could have even done an arial view shot of Bermuda. Had to be a tight budget but really tho…. it wouldn’t have cost that much to have just have a Bermudian play the role of a Bermudian.

By: OnTheSquare

OnTheSquare — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:29:31 +0000

LOL!!! Exactly UE.

By: Bermy-2-De-Bone

Bermy-2-De-Bone — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:06:17 +0000

Cha! Some ‘Bize’ just don’t travel enough to realize how unique a ‘Bermy’ accent is. It really strikes you when you go to a new country and need to correct your words to be understood… even amongst other islands who havee equally unique ‘slang’. It is so common to find Americans thinkin we sound British and vice versa. I work with a variety of nationalities and the v/w switch was a subject of converstaion today!!!
Nice one Bernews!!

By: UncleElvis

UncleElvis — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:55:54 +0000

at least some of us know how to spell “enunciate”, buh.

(Not that spelling something correctly is important when denouncing a group for their language skills or anything…)

By: UncleElvis

UncleElvis — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:54:03 +0000

“supposed to” being the operative phrase…

only in his mind.

By: ReelBeermoode'inHur

ReelBeermoode'inHur — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:30:45 +0000

Onionseed nuff respect!! Some peepol jest like to complane all de time!!

By: aald

aald — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:38:04 +0000

that island didnt look like bermuda, it surely wasnt bermuda, nor was that a bermudian accent. smh. we should sue. maybe we’d get enough to fix our deficit.

By: Jays

Jays — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:23:50 +0000

Missed out where the book was mentioned in the post. Good work

By: Jays

Jays — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:22:20 +0000

i’ve always wanted to throw this at him when he does that..

http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/decouto/bvurds.html

By: Jays

Jays — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:21:49 +0000

how long have you been living in bermuda? 3 hours?

http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/decouto/bvurds.html

By: uhmm uhmm

uhmm uhmm — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:13:32 +0000

uhhmm uhmm – uhmm sayinn… real talk like.

By: Call as it is

Call as it is — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:13:08 +0000

wonders where that terry is for this report?

he always types a lot of trash that is supposed to read Bermudian

By: Fan Speed

Fan Speed — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:27:35 +0000

Bye no bye!

By: Onionseed

Onionseed — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:19:25 +0000

Why are you taking such an attitude? Man, your sort of ignorance vexes me. The island’s dialect is as uniquely Bermudian as anything can be. It has been determined to be a legitimate topic for study by scholars for the last hundred years. It has been celebrated by no less a museum by the Smithsonian. But you put it down to Bermudian laziness! Go talk dickty somewhere else if you don’t like the way we speak!

By: Bri

Bri — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:16:35 +0000

I found this to be most interesting! Thanks Bernews….

By: sidekick

sidekick — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:59:25 +0000

Own dialect? please…Bermudaians are just too damn lazy to properly annunciate their words.