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  1. I think it's down to there being just too many local/county dialects in Britain. As opposed to America, where you get a generic accent for regions, with some deviation, but not as much as Britain.

  2. I don't know if muggles can/cannot see them running into the wall.

     

    I know they can't see Hogwarts, though. Hermione said something about that in one of the books, but I can't remember which one.

     

    Goblet of Fire, when Ron is talking about Durmstrang and Hogwarts being difficult to hide. It's all in Hogwarts:A History, as usual.

  3. I thought the battle was the best bit of action work in the entire series.

     

    Some odd parts and missing plot-lines (eg Lavender dying, when in the book she merely gets knocked down).

     

    Of course, this is all compromise from book-to-screen and it is by far the best Film they've made. Slightly weird mask/facial make-up on Alan Rickman when making him look younger for the Prince's Tale section.

  4. I've been to Platform 9 and Platform 10 at King's cross several times. There is just a sign saying Platform 9 and 3/4.....and a pillar. That's all.

     

     

    I think children/not of age wizards must go through the barrier to gain access to the platofrm, however parents are clearly able to apparate to/from the platform as seen in Book 4 when Bill, Charlie and Mrs Weasley disapparate once the Hogwart's Express starts to move out of sight.

  5. As long as the mother is not causing a scene or creating issues with other people, it's fine in my opinion. I work in a pub where we get a variety of different forms of breastfeeding. We get those who cover up, those who just unbutton their shirts, those who find a corner, and those who take the baby to a car to do it. We don't bat an eyelid at it, as long as other customers don't complain. If we receive a complaint, we'll pop over and very kindly and politely ask if they could cover the baby or just move to a slightly more secluded part of the building.

  6. Yes, many Africans die every day. But this is a series of attacks in a secure and safe country, that never usually has problems. It's a shock to Europe.

     

    If you REALLY want to start having a go at innocent victims, go spout off to the media, as they're the ones who prioritise news. Africa is an ongoing problem and probably always will be, the media knows this and does a few stories now and then (eg Somalian Drought).

     

    Euro media will cover Euro news, just as US media covers US news.

  7. I'm trying to figure out the posting style that matches.

     

    Anyway;

     

    Do you drink beer?

    Do you support a football team, if so which?

    How long have you been on the forums?

  8. Anyone who says the Royal Family doesn't do anything for Britain has never properly learnt about the history, traditions and respnsibility of the Royals.

     

    The Queen undertakes at least 250 Visits/Public Appearances/Foreign Visits/Receives Foreign Dignitaries/Heads up Charities/Is our Figure head

     

    ALL Members of the Royal Family have had or will have Military Service in the British Army/Royal Navy/RAF - Notable Harry in Afghanistan and The Duke of York in the Falklands.

     

    The tourism that the Royals bring in outdoes ALL the taxpayer's expenses. C'mon, 68p a year is less than buying 2 mars bars.

     

     

    I'm a strong Royalist, and although I can see some points put against the Royal Family, throwing away over a Thousand years worth of history and tradition would be a HUGE shame for this country. Even though Labour has managed to destroy most of what tis country stood for.

     

    The problem is modern children are too interested in earning stacks of cash, doing drugs, getting drunk, smoking and getting pregnant at 12 to care about decent and proper upbringing and tradition. Therefore they look at the monarchy and go "hah that is uncool".

     

    The Wedding was one the best things that's happened in this country for years. It finally got the attention of the little bastards on welfare and showed them a glimpse of the past of this once great nation.

  9. Our conversation comes back to same)))

     

    You need to stop reading Tomski Clansiski. Read some REAL headlines and articles covering the current battles/war/mess in Libya and you'll see that most of the injured/killed reporters were in Conflict zones being targeted by Pro-Gaddafi forces.

     

    And if you're wondering who will "rescue" these journalists/reporters, Have you heard of this lovely bunch of people called the "SAS", "Delta", "KSK", "COS" etc?

     

    I'd put more faith in Gaddafi having his arse handed to him the Nato/UN troops backing Rebels than I would having solely Rebels trying to kick him.

  10. Right

     

    So having re-found thos topic, and just done about 7 hours of work with no break, and about 3-4 pints of beer, this is what I tend to sound like.

     

    No, I'm not Australian or Kiwi even if it sounds like I am, my accent is dynamic dependant on tiredness and intoxication/boredom.

     

    I'm from the North of England, but currently live in the South west so it's a cocktail of Regional accents.

     

    http://www.4shared.com/audio/_4qvUYpJ/BlokewithBeer.html

  11. I too have good friends who served overseas. One of my best friends served in Iraq, two served in Afghanistan. One of them was part of a US Marine unit who have seen more combat in one month than most units encountered during entire deployments, in the Helmand Province. The other served near Jalalabad a few years ago. The interesting bit was my friend who served in Iraq encountered no enemy contact at all save for the occasional IED here and there when delivering supplies to the hospitals and schools, other than that his deployment was pretty uneventful for him.

     

    Doesn't surprise me, I have a mate in the Pioneer corps, and the only action he saw, was over the top wrist action from his mates in the portaloo. Whereas a friend in the Royal Engis was encountering IEDs a few times a week

  12. Considering most of the fighting is localised, most of the injuries and deaths are caused by roadside bombs and IEDs, I stick by my statement of light casulaties.

     

    Edit: Also, I personally have a few good mates who have been injured in Afghan. Most of my mates are serving/ex-military, and I reckon they'd agree on light casualties.

     

    I'm also just talking about Afghan, casualty wise.

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