It would be fun if they switched to "dawg" or "bro" or some other grunt.
It's an old thing too. Not just on stage with the "Mick and Pat"-routines of yore but in commericals and other media too.
Some dialects and accents are used for designating someone as stupid/clever (or evil - the eponymous fat racist sunglasses-sporting southern she…
It would be fun if they switched to "dawg" or "bro" or some other grunt.
It's an old thing too. Not just on stage with the "Mick and Pat"-routines of yore but in commericals and other media too.
Some dialects and accents are used for designating someone as stupid/clever (or evil - the eponymous fat racist sunglasses-sporting southern sheriff of too many movies to count comes to mind). We have the exact same thing here.
If Good then flat "rikssvenska" (no accent, no slang, lots of PC neologisms, typical of state media).
If Evil then scanian. If backwards the northlander. If even more backwards then ... and so on.
If doubleplusgood, use non-white female moslem actor with heavy accent and very poor swedish.
It would be fun if they switched to "dawg" or "bro" or some other grunt.
It's an old thing too. Not just on stage with the "Mick and Pat"-routines of yore but in commericals and other media too.
Some dialects and accents are used for designating someone as stupid/clever (or evil - the eponymous fat racist sunglasses-sporting southern sheriff of too many movies to count comes to mind). We have the exact same thing here.
If Good then flat "rikssvenska" (no accent, no slang, lots of PC neologisms, typical of state media).
If Evil then scanian. If backwards the northlander. If even more backwards then ... and so on.
If doubleplusgood, use non-white female moslem actor with heavy accent and very poor swedish.
Sa'course itza dawgwizzel!