
EXPLAINED: Ellyross | Vintage Vibes
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I live in London, in the east end, although I was not born there. Family is Scottish on both sides. Have worked in education, in various jobs, for nearly 40 years.

Eastendbird · upvoted 12 items
about 6 hours ago

There were no video games.

This "joke" always annoys me. It's as silly as saying that eating one chocolate bar every month or two is as harmful to your health and weight as eating ONLY chocolate bars all day every day for years and years.

Eastendbird · commented on 2 posts
1 day ago
Have you seen the Scottish comic, Kevin Bridges' routine about Jimmy Saville? It's worth a look!

Oh god, please can we not do the same arguments over and over again. No-one changes their minds, it's pointless.

Eastendbird · upvoted 7 items
1 day ago

"Poor dumb girl?" "Putting herself in front of a raging bear?" Jfc can you victim blame any harder???

These days, hardly anyone from the UK would "put on" an RP accent. Certainly not those of us from working class backgrounds. We're very proud of our regional dialects. Our accents are a big part of our identity and sense of pride. An RP accent is associated with privilege. We wouldn't dream of pretending to have been born into privilege if we weren't. The reason you hear so many British people in the media speak RP is because historically, it was the accent favoured by elite drama schools (who would often "train" students out of their accent) and by the BBC. You'll hear a whole wealth of regional dialects on TV in the UK now.

Eastendbird · upvoted an item
3 days ago

Eastendbird · upvoted 8 items
3 days ago

You're right! Let the men and children starve! We revolt at dinner time!

"Asian women" ... "things on earth". They're things, are they? 🤨 Pass the sick bag, please. 🤢

Eastendbird · upvoted 7 items
4 days ago

Eastendbird · commented on 2 posts
5 days ago

I'm old enough that I grew up in a time before some common childhood vaccines. As a child I had measles, mumps, rubella and chicken pox. And then, in my 50s, I ended up getting whooping cough! Wish there had been the vaccines when I was young.

Ooh, Maille mustard is delicious.

Eastendbird · upvoted an item
5 days ago
Italy would like a word.

