On my way home from a working visit with the family my Dear One said that a younger family member had asked him what a Farmer Giles accent was. Dear One was a bit confounded and might have been able to come up with a Bauer Hansl accent but Farmer Giles was beyond him. So for the enquiring mind here is Farmer Giles:
"Oim Faamer Goiles an oi com fraam the West Country, you know, Devon, Caarnwall, Zomerzet an such loike.
Oi has cows. Oi loves cows. Lovely beasts they be. Oi has Bessie an Daisy an Buttercup an lil Fruitcake an oi loves em all! Grand milkers the lot o they. Cept lil fruitcake an he's off to the knackers in a bit. Too bad, he's a dear lil toad. Moi cows is loverly milkers ceptin lil Fruitcake a' course. They let down soomat lovely ceptin when they has grab bag, poor toads. Oi hates it when moi gals get grab bag. Roight nasty they gets an who can blame em? A case o grab bag would lower anyone oi recken, if they had a bag o course. Well enough o they natterin, oi has to see to moi liddle maids, they 's bellerin summat fierce. Loverly talkin at you. Boi now."
There you have it. Farmer Giles.
1 comment:
Who the $%^& is Farmer Giles? This still hasn't been answered!
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