Cambridge Chat (previously New Cambridge Students Entry 2004)

Haha, sorry I mis-read something; when you said:

"Better start writing my "please please nice admissions tutor let me in!! im good enough really i am..."

I kinda assumed that it was in ur personal statement hehe. Great stuff. oh well, good luck in ya results then hehe.

Jus as a laugh, one night i did actually consider writing "one day, ill be the most powerful historian ever" in my personal statement but... i dont think the interviewers like starwars.

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OP

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Jus as a laugh

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i went "ya jokin!" (in a dead northern accent)

Lol..y'know what..this is gonna sound so stupid...but i feel like i can hear your voice in my head...a really broad northern one with quite a deep voice.

And also the fact you wrote Jus makes me imagine your voice even more!!

Must be thinking of my rugby coach....he used to shout out loud: Ey up ya fat bastad.....ge(t) a moovon!! :tongue:

(please excuse the spelling...it's a rather poor imitation of his accent :tongue:

)

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Fluffstar

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Haha, sorry I mis-read something; when you said:

"Better start writing my "please please nice admissions tutor let me in!! im good enough really i am..."

I kinda assumed that it was in ur personal statement hehe. Great stuff. oh well, good luck in ya results then hehe.

Jus as a laugh, one night i did actually consider writing "one day, ill be the most powerful historian ever" in my personal statement but... i dont think the interviewers like starwars.

My personal statement took fook ages to write. Think i altered it about 20 times. Still sounds so crappy when i read it now.
Ah well, the admissions tutors liked it...

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LMAO haha...

cept the deep voice, yeah i speak a bit like that - "ya jookn maan" - but not nearly as strong as REAL geordies (people strictly from newcastle) hehe...

and when it comes to writin on msn and stuff, i involuntarily switch between various dialects, and degrees of standard english... hehe after speakin to loads of people from the US (on msn) I've picked up "dayyyym" and i say it a bit too often... hahah.

Ohh yeah, ma personal statement was like... shite really lol. especially when i compared it to some other rite dodgy, arrogant prats...

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LMAO haha...

cept the deep voice, yeah i speak a bit like that - "ya jookn maan" - but not nearly as strong as REAL geordies (people strictly from newcastle) hehe...

and when it comes to writin on msn and stuff, i involuntarily switch between various dialects, and degrees of standard english... hehe after speakin to loads of people from the US (on msn) I've picked up "dayyyym" and i say it a bit too often... hahah.

Lol..i do that to...some people on msn i go...hey man...sup? Other people i say..hi...hows u? Varies from person to person.

You better get into cambridge then...don't take offence at this but i really enjoy copying different accents...i'm weird i know :tongue:

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You should feel sorry for the guy i played rugby with who was from yorkshire....after tet match...we used to go down tet pub :tongue:

God i'm so weird!!!! :redface:

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cept the deep voice, yeah i speak a bit like that - "ya jookn maan" - but not nearly as strong as REAL geordies (people strictly from newcastle) hehe...

Sorry..but this has to be done....

#Bike-a, bike-a, bike-a bike-a bike-a.....groooooove.....yeah!#

Glad i got that out of my system :tongue:

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haha know what u mean gzftan - sure ill give u a crash course in the boro accent. try this now...

"EEEYAA MATE (try the silent T but wit ya voice comin from deep within ya voice box) CAN YA LENDUS FIRTY PENCE, TAAAA?"

haha that's how the druggy/scum speaks, we're a little less extreme haha...

and as for biker grove hahaha, i knew that was coming somehow... but they're the geordies, and naturally if ya wanna be accepted as a REAL boro person, then you've gotta swear enmity to them... lol, their accent is much too strong for us lol...

BAEEKAAA GROOOVVEE lol

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haha know what u mean gzftan - sure ill give u a crash course in the boro accent. try this now...

"EEEYAA MATE (try the silent T but wit ya voice comin from deep within ya voice box) CAN YA LENDUS FIRTY PENCE, TAAAA?"

haha that's how the druggy/scum speaks, we're a little less extreme haha...

and as for biker grove hahaha, i knew that was coming somehow... but they're the geordies, and naturally if ya wanna be accepted as a REAL boro person, then you've gotta swear enmity to them... lol, their accent is much too strong for us lol...

BAEEKAAA GROOOVVEE lol

Lol..jokes! :biggrin:

Btw- you can call me geoff if you want....probably easier to type than gzftan :tongue:

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phew... that'll be a helluva lot easier than gzfgtaza... see what i mean? :rolleyes:

lol only messin

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The Albatross

just wondering...
why gzftan?
i always think of it as G Z F Tan, ur initials, cos ur called Geoff
or is it a random bunch of letters?
:biggrin:

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priya

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i used to live in Middlesborough when i was a lot younger, and my aunty's family lived in cramlington in N'castle. when my cousin got married (and she had a strong geordie accent) i felt so ashamed because i just couldn't understand him- his accent was ridiculously strong

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You lived in Middlesbrough? Niccce... hehe I can't say its the safest place to live, but if you've been anywhere near my road and lived, then you can survive anywhere in the world lol.

Where did ya live the boro? I guess you moved out early? I don't suppose you retain your middlesbrough accent do you? Cus I'm hoping theres atleast one other person at cambridge to remind me of hooooomme hehe.

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Katie J

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priya

i used to live in Middlesborough when i was a lot younger, and my aunty's family lived in cramlington in N'castle. when my cousin got married (and she had a strong geordie accent) i felt so ashamed because i just couldn't understand him- his accent was ridiculously strong

Much as I love the Geordie accent, it has caused me many problems over the years, all quite embarrassing!
One of my really good friends moved up the Lake District when I was in year 10, her mum had a really strong accent. I think both our families were going to see a show and Mo asked if they could "pay on the door". A simple enough question but it took me a good five mins to work out what she was saying, I kept saying pardon convinced she was asking me could they "pee on the door", I was pretty shocked not to mention confused at the time!
This week we had two blokes come in to work asking if we were doing meals, I thought he'd said 'males' (as in gents toilet) and directed him accordingly. He seemed very confused and then asked for menus, keeping with my same line of thought (I still hadn't cottoned on to what he was asking) thought he'd said "mens' room" so this time actually walked him to the door! :redface:

I went bright red when his friend translated it all for me, felt like a right idiot serving them after all that!

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priya

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You lived in Middlesbrough? Niccce... hehe I can't say its the safest place to live, but if you've been anywhere near my road and lived, then you can survive anywhere in the world lol.

Where did ya live the boro? I guess you moved out early? I don't suppose you retain your middlesbrough accent do you? Cus I'm hoping theres atleast one other person at cambridge to remind me of hooooomme hehe.

i lived pretty close to it (sorry i always say i lived in it cos nobody knows where Yarm is), i moved away from there when i was about 8....to belfast. i pick up accents really easily. i then moved to where i am now, on the wirral- i have a 'posh scouse' accent...bascially general northern with a scouse lilt to it. hearing one of my old biology teachers talk brought memories back though- he's from middlesborough

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scarlet ibis

just wondering...
why gzftan?
i always think of it as G Z F Tan, ur initials, cos ur called Geoff
or is it a random bunch of letters?
:biggrin:

No need for 3 guesses Amy...ya got it in one!! :smile:

I have a chinese middle name......zhe-fei..hence the zf between G and Tan :smile:

G

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