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Phobos said:
I’ve got to say I don’t view people who are good at arts and not maths etc as stupid. Everyone has their strengths, some are creative others are logical. Not many are logical AND creative.
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I think an interesting thing about today's world is that people working in some of the biggest growth fields or fields with potential for growth (software development, robotics, AI, friggin' rockets I guess now) kind of have to be both. They wouldn't get far if they were only one or the other. The same has always been true of engineers and architects I guess, but it feels like a lot more people are now having to harness both those skillsets.
 
Neil.T said:
No, that's exactly right. The dialect is Dundonian as well. Some pretentious tw*ts, though (including an English teacher of mine), claim that it's called "Dundonese".

Fun fact: as I was typing this message, I'd accidentally typed "Fundonian" at first! 😂

What do we call a Wrexham inhabitant?
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Oh, I didn't actually think that was correct! I...I'm sorry, "Dundonese?"

Well you are a Fundonian to be fair ;) What's the dialect like compared to other Scots then? I mean, who speaks "Dundonese" so I'd get an idea of what it sounds like. Wait, isn't Lorraine Kelly from Dundee?

I don't even think there's a word for an inhabitant of Wrexham actually...

Well...there's commoner, chav, peasant XD
 
@Neil.T apologies if I am at all putting you on the spot, I'm just genuinely curious. I don't know many Scots...in fact, I don't know ANY besides you! ^^
 
My spelling and grammar is atrotious this evening, I'm literally sat here cursing myself and turning the air blue when I post stuff and notice the errors...
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
I...I'm sorry, "Dundonese?"
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Exactly. Tell me about it. 🙄

~AyaMachi~ said:
Well you are a Fundonian to be fair ;)
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Aw, bless!

~AyaMachi~ said:
What's the dialect like compared to other Scots then? I mean, who speaks "Dundonese" so I'd get an idea of what it sounds like. Wait, isn't Loraine Kelly from
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She is, yeah. The most extreme version is a Dundee band called The View. (I have a funny story regarding that.) Some people here genuinely sound like them. I don't, though. In fact, I've been asked many times by lorry drivers at work, "You're not from Dundee, are you?"

What about Wrexham? Didn't you say a while back that you don't have a strong accent either?
 
ayase said:
I think an interesting thing about today's world is that people working in some of the biggest growth fields or fields with potential for growth (software development, robotics, AI, friggin' rockets I guess now) kind of have to be both. They wouldn't get far if they were only one or the other. The same has always been true of engineers and architects I guess, but it feels like a lot more people are now having to harness both those skillsets.
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On this one I’d have to argue the best in the fields are both, as an engineer once said to me, they rely on creative people to go “I want this, make it happen” and then they use logic to find a way of making it happen but if they had to come up with the idea in the first place they simply couldn’t. Never worked in that field myself but seems to fit for the people I’ve met who have done so.
 
HWR said:
"Goldfinger" "I'll have Goldfinger as well"
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I can't stop laughing! I'l end up quoting **** loads from the series if this carries on XD

Neil.T said:
Exactly. Tell me about it. 🙄


Aw, bless!


She is, yeah. The most extreme version is a Dundee band called The View. (I have a funny story regarding that.) Some people here genuinely sound like them. I don't, though. In fact, I've been asked many times by lorry drivers at work, "You're not from Dundee, are you?"

What about Wrexham? Didn't you say a while back that you don't have a strong accent either?
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Haha, really?

Regarding my accent, I actually used to get that from customers when I worked in retail. "So where abouts in Wales are you from?" and they'd look at me in surprise when I told them I'm from Wrexham - they think my accent belongs in Gwynnedd, where the "proper" North Welsh accents are. It's funny, because I don't think my accent is strong, yet it does come out more when I talk to strangers, or on the phone, or indeed, if I visit North West Wales. My Dad's family are from Blaenau Ffestiniog, so they're "proper" Welsh.

Ah Lorraine, the (former) Goddess of morning telly...bless her wee accent ^^

Please tell me your funny story? :)
 
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