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MANICHAEAN
05-16-2011, 07:50 AM
TOO MANY “F’s” IN QUEENS.


“Are you gay?”

“I beg your pardon.”

“Gee, is that an accent? You’re not from around here!”

“No, I am not gay and I am from England.”

“Wow, a Brit!”

“No my dear lady, I am an Englishman. The British Isles is composed of many diverse tribes, but I repeat, I am English. You are an American I presume?”

“Right on, name is Fiona French. First time in New York?”

“Good God what a coincidence. I’m named Freddy Ffrench, but with two “F’s” in my surname, one big and one small. Oh, and to answer your other question, actually it’s my first time in the USA.”

“Gee, all those “F’s” we have between us, big ones and small ones! That’s awesome!”

“I suppose it is somewhat unusual. What.”

“Have you ever been to a singles bar before Freddie?”

“Sorry, I wasn’t aware it was one. I just popped in for a quick drink and to see the natives, as it were. What.”

“That’s swell Freddie. Are you married? Any other little “f’s”?”

“No, no. I’ve been much much too occupied for all that. Work you know.”

“Do you live with your mother Freddie?”

“My, my all these questions. No actually I have a flat in London and I live with a cat called Woopsie. Mother lives in the country. Anyway enough about me. What about you?”

“Well I was in Playboy once in Girls from New York.”

“Really. That’s fascinating. Super photos, were they?”

“Yes I think so, especially when they shot the beaver.”

“Bastards, fancy doing a thing like that! Poor animal. Did it suffer? Back home we kill foxes, but then they are a pest and its good sport. But other animals no. We British are very fond of animals.”

“Oh Freddie you are so funny.”

“Am I? Well if you say so. Fancy a quick snifter with me?”

“No Freddie, I’d like to get to know you a bit better first. Perhaps we could do dinner one evening and get acquainted.”

“Sounds like a bloody good show to me. I’m up for it Fiona. Hope you don’t think I’m a bit of an ***.”

“Freddy honey, you’ve got a great ***, and what with the accent you are tops.”

“Thanks Fiona, you’re a bit top shelf yourself.”

“No, they are real.”

“No, no I mean. Oh never mind.”

hillwalker
05-16-2011, 09:27 AM
Reminded me of P G Wodehouse - Psmith rather than Wooster. I'd love to know how their relationship progressed.

H

Delta40
05-16-2011, 05:32 PM
I thought the voices were a little over the top but they were certainly different and entertaining.

Steven Hunley
05-16-2011, 05:47 PM
Whoever said we (Yanks) and the English speak English is out of his mind.

On a trip to Europe I landed in Heathrow or Gatwick, and saw London.

I could hardly believe that although we were supposedly speaking the same language, I could hardly make out what they were saying. It's more than just an accent, it word choice and meanings.

Then we crossed the channel. And that was even more shocking!

Now that I look back I realize all the movies I saw here were semi-Americanized. And that stopping in London first was just a transition. A good transition for the whole trip.

Delta40
05-16-2011, 05:53 PM
If you were british, being asked if you're gay would be fine since the person obviously wants to know if you're feeling happy...

hillwalker
05-16-2011, 06:01 PM
If you were british, being asked if you're gay would be fine since the person obviously wants to know if you're feeling happy...

No Delta... we know the meaning of gay over here, believe me.

H

Delta40
05-16-2011, 06:02 PM
I'm sure there was a time when you didn't.....

TheBearJew
05-16-2011, 06:16 PM
Cute, but a tad overdone. A light, easy read nonetheless, though. I'll get to your other story later this week.

Steven Hunley
05-16-2011, 08:06 PM
Delta may have a point. In Amsterdam in 1972 I was talking to a Londoner, and we were discussing a certain pop star here in the US. I said,

".... well, what we didn't know, was that he was a gay dude!" (yes, I actually said dude. I'm from California. It's ancient surfer-speak.)

"Wot's a guy dude?" he asked. He pronounced gay, "guy."

"That he was a homosexual," I countered. "What would you call him?"

He thought a moment. "I'd call him a tasty geezer!"

He pronounced it ," Tiesty geiser." Like a fountain. Like Old Faithful in Yosemite national park.

That's when I knew we weren't in Kansas anymore.

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05-16-2011, 08:11 PM
This a short new thread right?

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05-16-2011, 08:12 PM
lolol

MANICHAEAN
05-17-2011, 01:05 AM
1. Yes the dialogue is both; dated, (1920's & 1930's), and perhaps limited to certain classes of English society, but the venue is more contempory. That was what I was trying to explore.

2. Changed meanings? In the 18th, 19th Century I believe "gay" was regarded as an attribute of lightheartedness. Today, whichever side of the pond you are on, the meaning has attained its sexually charged significance. I understand that in the 19th Century, to say a woman had "a fine neck," was to express admiration for her balcony!

M.