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Glyn W wrote: » I couldn't care less what that berk thinks about anything.
Pootmatoot wrote: » That "berk" is smarter than 99.9% of the population. Listen to his old radio show. He has a razor-sharp wit, in the original sense.
flagpole wrote: » Berk is rhyming slang for Berkshire hunt. Ironically I know that because I heard it from Russell Brand.
Conor the Bold wrote: » How are people pronouncing berk and Berkshire?
flagpole wrote: » Burk shire. Both the same.
BrokenArrow wrote: » It's pronounced Barkshire
Glyn W wrote: » I've got a 148 IQ but I dont think it entitles me to have my opinions taken seriously by anybody. PS you ought to look up what berk is actually rhyming slang for.
Conor the Bold wrote: » Alas that's where Brand shows his ignorance. Berkshire and say Clerk - should be pronounced like 'ark'.
BrokenArrow wrote: » Your memories are distorted along with all your views.
Ethel_Fred wrote: » Translation - I DIDN'T read it and I don't agree with his opinion
flagpole wrote: » That is the etymology. It's nothing to do with brand or his ignorance. In the true sense of the word it's you who are ignoranthttp://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/berk#section_1
Fizzbin wrote: » So you're blaming Russell Brand for whoever initially created the Cockney Rhyming Slang getting it wrong?
Conor the Bold wrote: » Yep. If it doesn't rhyme, it doesn't rhyme. That's completely Brands fault. Him and his ilk.
flagpole wrote: » Cockneys? (He's from Essex)
bowland37 wrote: » I knew he was a sex maniac but shagging a corpse is a bit extreme.
flagpole wrote: » What?
Fizzbin wrote: » You do know Cockney Rhyming Slang is centuries old?
Conor the Bold wrote: » Yep, and this particular gem from the 1930's apparently, is completely the fault of a man whose father I imagine wasnt even born then.Completely Brands fault.
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That "berk" is smarter than 99.9% of the population.
Listen to his old radio show. He has a razor-sharp wit, in the original sense.
I've got a 148 IQ but I dont think it entitles me to have my opinions taken seriously by anybody.
PS you ought to look up what berk is actually rhyming slang for.
Ironically I know that because I heard it from Russell Brand.
And 148, please if my IQ was only 148 I wouldn't expect to be taken too seriously either.
How are people pronouncing berk and Berkshire?
Burk shire. Both the same.
It's pronounced Barkshire
I know that. I don't keep the rhyming slang dictionary.
Look at it this way it's rhyming slang for **** than your gran uses.
People who feel the need to tell others what their IQ is really should get it re-checked properly, in my opinion.
Alas that's where Brand shows his ignorance. Berkshire and say Clerk - should be pronounced like 'ark'.
That is the etymology. It's nothing to do with brand or his ignorance. In the true sense of the word it's you who are ignorant
http://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/berk#section_1
Unlike yours of course
Oh dear, you don't agree with an opinion you haven't read.
How strange...and a little bit pathetic.
In that case Brand isn't as smart as people think he is as it's actually Berkeley Hunt.
Yeah... Probably. Still pronounced wrong though.
Yep. If it doesn't rhyme, it doesn't rhyme. That's completely Brands fault. Him and his ilk.
Cockneys?
(He's from Essex)
Home of the descendants of a great many Cockneys.
What?
Russell Brand on Margaret Thatcher
Keep with it!
Sorry, I didn't know that "ilk" refered solely to geographical location? And yes, completely his fault.
Yep, and this particular gem from the 1930's apparently, is completely the fault of a man whose father I imagine wasnt even born then.
Completely Brands fault.