What do you think of when you think of ESSEX?

[Kate]

I truly feel the pain whenever I try to say "naranja" in a Spanish speaking country though.

 

[RJN]

I truly feel the pain whenever I try to say "naranja" in a Spanish speaking country though.

I feel just so WHITE whenever I try to order anything at a Mexican restaurant

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

You know Spanish is a ”white” language?

 

[Funky]

You know Spanish is a ”white” language?

Not in America!

 

[GinAg (39)]

Essex is an orange language.

 

[RJN]

You know Spanish is a ”white” language?

Yes and I wanted to say I felt like a gringo, but I didn’t think it would make sense outside of America

 

[lolly]

I think I’ve also had an American waitress unable to understand “water” even when I said it in RP, so I just said “WAAAADER” in my best nasal Californian impression and that was apparently fine

We had the same when trying to get a cab to an address Sutter St in San Francisco. I must have asked about 5 times before showing the address written down. Then it was 'Oh, SUDDA!'

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Essex is an orange language.

A natural tan from Antigua language, actually!

 

[lolly]

English words endings with -r are always hard to pronounce and to understand the way you English do it. It’s much easier in American (or Irish, Scottish…)

You'd be fine in parts of England. Particularly the South West.

 

[Saltwater]

English words endings with -r are always hard to pronounce and to understand the way you English do it. It’s much easier in American (or Irish, Scottish…)

The difficult part is to pronounce it. If I act the pronunciation it makes me feel I sound as pretentious as Madonna during her Guy Ritchie era.

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

You'd be fine in parts of England. Particularly the South West.

Oh really? Like Cornawall and Devonshire? My only association to the latter is that it was where many Agatha Christie’s stories usually took place.

 

[lolly]

Oh really? Like Cornawall and Devonshire? My only association to the latter is that it was where many Agatha Christie’s stories usually took place.

Yes, and much of Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset and Bristol as well - or at least the parts where people still have the local accent.

 

[Tisch]

We do say sug-er not sug-ar. Never thought about that

It's a bit AR here

 

[Alex]

It's a bit AR here

We need that in a full sentence like " give me some SUGAR" please

 

[Funky]

We say suger but it’s more sugeh because everything scouse has to be open ended or trail off into an exclamation of phlegm

 

[GinAg (39)]

 

[GinAg (39)]

I need to alert @Zu 2 to this topic. I expect she has some fond memories of Romford Market.

 

[Zu]

I need to alert @Zu 2 to this topic. I expect she has some fond memories of Romford Market.

Yes, I bought all my up to the minute fashions in C&A which was next to the market

Also I once saw someone in the toilet facilities near WHSmith who had a HOOK instead of a hand

 

[GinAg (39)]

Yes, I bought all my up to the minute fashions in C&A which was next to the market

Also I once saw someone in the toilet facilities near WHSmith who had a HOOK instead of a hand

Abu Hamza?

 

[Zu]

Abu Hamza?

Were that it were someone so exotic. This was ESSEX IN THE EIGHTIES sweetchops

 

[COB]

I must say, I had a VERY charming wander around Chelmsford town centre last weekend with ButterTart completely alone - lovely SHOPS

 

[GinAg (39)]

Were that it were someone so exotic. This was ESSEX IN THE EIGHTIES sweetchops

Oh I'm sure he must have visited at some point.

 

[GinAg (39)]

I must say, I had a VERY charming wander around Chelmsford town centre last weekend with ButterTart completely alone - lovely SHOPS

You must have strayed into somewhere nicer like Jaywick or Syria.

 

[Zu]

I must say, I had a VERY charming wander around Chelmsford town centre last weekend with ButterTart completely alone - lovely SHOPS

Oh you should have gone to UPMINSTER which is of course in London. A truly superb Wimpy

 

[Zu]

I mainly think of the likes of GRAYS when I think of Essex. Some exquisite boutiques and high end cocktail lounges

 

[Zu]

"Where do you live, darlin'?" "London." "Whereabouts?" "Mucking."

 

[GinAg (39)]

"Where do you live, darlin'?" "London." "Whereabouts?" "Mucking."

The picture of Mucking on its wiki page is a very beautiful example of local architecture.

Mucking - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Zu]

It really is quite the miracle that I became this erudite urban sophisticate who can pronounce the word Hermès when you look at where I grew up

 

[GinAg (39)]

I'm now stuck on a Hamlets in Essex wiki loop. It really swings from stunning and historical to tragic decay.

 

[COB]

It really is quite the miracle that I became this erudite urban sophisticate who can pronounce the word Hermès when you look at where I grew up

Still got a post office though, not everywhere can say that

 

[Lucille]

I must say, I had a VERY charming wander around Chelmsford town centre last weekend with ButterTart completely alone - lovely SHOPS

I was quite SHOCKED how nice Chelmsford was when I visited.

 

[Zu]

This looks like fun

"Oh go on Sid, let's have another round of Roll Out The Barrel"

 

[Zu]

Still got a post office though, not everywhere can say that

There was a time when it didn't even have a cashpoint

IMAGINE THE HORROR

 

[COB]

Derelict Places - Urban Exploring Forum

Urban explorer community forum for derelict, decaying & abandoned places. Derelict places forums on industrial, military, hospitals, asylums, rural & religious sites.

www.derelictplaces.co.uk

*Bookmarks IMMEDIATELY*

 

[GinAg (39)]

*Bookmarks IMMEDIATELY"*

The local Victorian asylum was VERY POPULAR with such sorts.

 

[Zu]

I was quite SHOCKED how nice Chelmsford was when I visited.

Oh well it's in the nice part of Essex. It's mainly when you enter the south eastern part of the county that it gets grubby. Also the seaside resorts OBVIOUSLY

 

[GinAg (39)]

The local Victorian asylum was VERY POPULAR with such sorts.

Here we go

Severalls Hospital Lunatic Asylum, Colchester

Severalls Asylum opened as a mental hospital in 1913. The simple but elegant buildings contain some amazing corridors and doors. The hospital closed in the early 1990’s.

www.bcd-urbex.com

 

[GinAg (39)]

Oh well it's in the nice part of Essex. It's mainly when you enter the south eastern part of the county that it gets grubby. Also the seaside resorts OBVIOUSLY

I always think Chelmsford as the gateway between the two sides of Essex. The more southern you get, the less likely you are to say words proper.

 

[COB]

There's NO WAY someone hasn't filmed some iffy low budget horror film here, surely?

 

[Zu]

Lovely Peter Pan's Playground in Southend was always very popular with children as well as gentlemen keen to proffer their throbbing gristle in the lavatories (and on the RIDES)