April 18, 2019 • 25 mins
Ron speaks with a human from England.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Dorn Burgen Ron Bergin talking and say anything wrong back,
and he's not playing any game. You are listening to
the Ron Burgundy podcast on wherever podcasts are available, and I,
of course I am your host, Ron Burgundy. As per usual,
(00:24):
I am joined by my producer, Carolina. Carolina. How was
your weekend? You mean last weekend? This past weekend? Yes, yes,
I was your weekend. It was fine. I from what
I remember, Oh, website, I'm sorry. You seem to be
thrown by the question. Should I should I not have
asked you how your weekend was? No, it's just that
(00:45):
it's Wednesday, and most people ask each other on Monday
how their weekend was. They don't wait till Wednesday. It's
like five days. I know, but I didn't see you
on Monday, so I'm just asking you today. How was
your weekend? Oh? No, it was good. So hold on.
I'm sorry. So I take it from what you're saying.
(01:05):
It's a crime if you know you asked someone how
their weekend was on a Wednesday. No exaggeration, of course,
it's not a crime. It's just that if you wait
until Wednesday asks some one how the weekend was, and
it just may take some time for that person and
recall everything they did. Well, I'm sorry, you're wrong. I
(01:25):
just don't buy that. You know, the weekend was only
two days ago or five five days you're counting from Friday. Yeah,
it was only I mean, go ahead, go ahead, ask
me how my weekend was. Okay, Ron, how is your skein?
It was great, Carolina, I had a great weekend. Thank
you for asking. Okay, cool? What did you do? Um?
(01:49):
What did I do? Well? Let's see, I uh, what
did I do? I went to the place? Yes, I
went to the place where you I food? So do
you mean a restaurant? I did that? No? No, no, no,
the place where the food is sold in the building,
(02:10):
you know with the rose the rows of food. Grocery store. Yes,
the grocery store. So so that was good. Did you
do anything else? Just went to the grocery store? Um? No,
I did a lot of things. It was the weekend, Um,
I oh, I know. I was Oh. I was rushed
(02:31):
to that place where everyone goes. What's the place where
everyone goes at all times of the day? Can it
can be in the middle of the night as well.
It's like an around the clock place and it's super
busy in their doctors, and there's a lot of commotion
and shouting. Okay, I think the emergency, yes, emergency. Yes,
(02:53):
I went to the emergency room because it turns out
I had been bitten repeatedly by a Oh come on, ron,
what are they called? Did you get a dog? No?
Smaller than that? And they don't have for no, come on,
(03:14):
help me out here. Um. No, they're long, they're long,
and they don't have feathers. A sneak, Yes, that's it. Yes, yes,
I had gone for a hike and I I sat
on a on a rattlesnake when I when I came
back to my car, I sat on a rattlesnake who
(03:34):
was sunning himself in my car seat. And I I
had to take some had to take some stuff. Oh, oh,
for god's sake, what's the what's the medicine that stops
the rattlesnake poison from getting into your eyeballs? Venom? Yes,
anti venom? And they injected it into my eyeball. Wait
(03:56):
they okay, so they injected it into the ball because
let me guess, the snake bit you in the eye
over and over again, repeatedly. Yes, so we're on. You
were taken to the emergency room because you sat on
a rattlesnake who then repeatedly bait you in the face
and eyeballs. And this was over this past weekend. Yes, exactly,
(04:17):
that was my weekend. You see, you're having trouble remembering this.
It kind of proves my point. This is a life
altering event. And even though it's only Wednesday, you're you're
not remembering that. You're absolutely right, point taken. Huh So
the bottom line is, if it is Wednesday or beyond,
don't ask someone how their weekend was. I don't. Yeah,
(04:39):
I get it. I get it now. Yeah, so Wednesday borderline.
Don't ask Monday Tuesday, Fine, you're within the zone. How
was your weekend? Totally Wednesday maybe not, but by Thursday Friday,
how was your weekend? It's crazy, it's crazy because you've
already gone weight, you've shot way past. I would try
how was your night last night? Because Thursday Friday, it's
(05:02):
gonna get confusing because it's gonna be like, how how
was your weekend? Like you mean my weekend coming up?
You can always just say how are you? Mm hmm.
That's so boring. Though, yeah, or you know, what are
you up to today? Yeah? I guess. But what if
here's the problem. What if it's Thursday and I've seen
this person Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and I just keep
(05:24):
forgetting to ask them how their weekend was, and I
legitimately wanted to know how their weekend was. Do I
just I know what. I would sit them down and go, hey,
I know it's Thursday, and I remembered you having a
big weekend last weekend. I know it's four days since
the weekend, but could you go back and just tell
me how your weekend was. That's it, That's it. I
(05:47):
figured it out. Good, Thank you, Carolina. I mean, yeah,
you're welcome. Mhm. Shakespeare, what Buckingham, Las, Tower of London, England,
fish and chips, the English language? What do all these
(06:11):
things have in common? That's right, they came from England,
Is that what you said? Caroline? I find England and
all things English to be utterly fascinating, and thus Lee
I have chosen England as the topic of today's show.
We've all studied England in the history books, and much
(06:33):
of it is embedded in our brains, and yet some
facets of England are as mysterious as the secrets contained
in the famous pagan structure known as Stone Hinged. Over
the centuries, many groups of people have ruled over the
island nation. Whether it was the Vikings, the Visigoths, the Romans,
(06:56):
the Normans or Norman lear some one has always been
knocking on England's door. Finally, King Arthur and the Knights
of the round Table said enough is enough. They kicked
everyone out, gave Henry the Eighth the Turkey Leg, and
the rest, as they say, a stray Wait, we didn't
(07:18):
get that. What did you say? The rash aka? The
rest is history. We got it. Now's a good time
to go take a peep. We gotta take a commercial
break today. We are so fortunate to be joined by
(07:42):
two people who are actual subjects of the Commonwealth, so
we can take a deeper dive into all things England.
We're gonna start with you if you don't mind, and
would you please tell the listeners your name. Hello, my
name is Adrian, and they keep heaving me well. Adrian,
thank you for taking time to join us here on
(08:02):
the rund Burgundy Podcast. This is Carolina, Hi nice. Let
me let me start by asking you this. When you
think of England, what comes to mind? You know, I
think of I think of so many different things. I
think of the birthplace of constitutional monarchy. I think of
industrial revolution, colonialism. Yes, one of the greatest empires the
(08:27):
world has ever seen. And then the fall of that empire,
England has made I mean astounding contributions to literature and
music and technology and the rule of law. I mean,
the list really is in list, it really is. It
really is. Um. It's a fascinating place of fascinating culture. Um.
Was was London home to you? No? I wish um.
(08:51):
When I was younger, you know, we were lucky enough
to visit London and later I did go to university there.
So I feel like I know it well. Interesting? So, um,
so you didn't live in London. Where where did you
grow up? Okay? And where is Auckland. It's in the
North Island. Oh that's right, that's right. I knew that.
(09:12):
I love the North Island. I mean, sorry, never mind,
keep growing. I love it. I love the North Island.
It's beautiful there, lovely. Yes. And let's see I've been there. Oh,
oh you have been. That's great. But yeah, I took
the train. Took the train from London and it's beautiful countryside.
(09:35):
It's just gorgeous. There's there's no train from London. Well,
sure there is, yes, because I took it. I took
it right into Auckland station. I took it from Paddington
and about the ticket and I said, straight to Auckland.
So oh you know the distance technically from from London
to Auckland. Ess, Actually it's a living thousand miles. Eleventh, Wait,
(09:58):
what part of England are you from? Well, I'm not
from any path of England, from New Zealand. You've got
to be kidding me, Carolina. Sorry, this is actually I
just found her in the hallway and she sounded really British. Well,
I actually can't blame you at all. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Sorry.
(10:18):
We're just going to turn off your mic and then
you can get out of here. Okay, okay, okay, um,
now I'll turn my attention to you over here. What
is your name and are you from England? My name
is b and yes I am from England. Okay, great,
this is Carolina. Did you know the other woman who
was in here? I've never seen that woman before. Okay,
(10:41):
did you know she was not English. Absolutely, Really, you're
not just saying that she sounded nothing like an English person.
It's like how a deer knows that a dog is
not a deer. I guess sounds crazy to me. What
where do you live now? Do you still live in
England or do you just visit? And I live in
(11:02):
Los Angeles, California. I get back to England probably every year.
Stuck upon Yorkshire tea essential very good? And what part
of England is that? Exactly? So Yorkshire is in the
north of England and I'm from a city called Bradford City.
Just celebrate Christmas in is it? It's extra Christmas Eve there?
(11:23):
It's got to be. It's not known for festivities. Are
you guys against Christmas? Is there a war on Christmas
there in Bramford, Braford? Yeah? I guess it gets a
little festive. It's it's a mixing part of cultures, so
we celebrate anything and everything, right, wonderful, wonderful. How would
(11:47):
you describe the English accent? Well, I think there's about
a hundred and fifty different English dialects. There can't be
someone does a study for you, just making that up?
But seriously, how many how many dialects. Well, let's let's
say a hundred and sixty. Oh, well, you can't go up.
(12:09):
I think on last check on Google it was a
hundred and sixty. I'm very interested in this kind of
thing because my dialects quite unusual. You might, I think
it just sounds a little bit confusing. That's because you know,
when you're from England, you could live like a mile
away from someone and sound completely different. Right. Well, and
do do you often get mistaken for being from New Zealand? Yes?
(12:31):
I get mistaken for New Zealand Australian, South African. I've
been asked if English is my first language, and it
is absolutely being from England. Yes, right, kind of invented it.
We get it, Carolina, What were you going to say? Oh?
I actually was going to ask if English was your
(12:52):
first language, and it's always been your first language always?
Have you do know any other languages? Do you know
New Zealand? I haven't studied New Zealand. It's not a language,
it's just a dialect because they speak English in New Zealand.
Our first guess really really through me. And I'm sorry
(13:14):
for not being professional, but thank you for hanging in
there with us today. Let me ask you this, why
is English food so bad? I mean, I happen to
like it, but for a lot of people they say,
you've heard the old saying. I'm sure if you're going
to visit England packed two suitcases, one filled with your
(13:35):
clothes and one filled with sandwiches, why why is English
food so bad? I think English food is very practical.
So England is kind of just like this cold, rocky
island in the middle of the sea. So the food
is really about it being kind of studgy, keeping you warm,
(13:55):
keeping you full, rather than like a culinary experience. Studgy. Yes,
I like that word because we don't have that word
over here. I'm just gonna get that down. Write down
that word Carolina stodgy, and I'll use it in my
speech tomorrow at the community Center. I didn't know, but
(14:15):
you're okay. It's in my book, it's in the calendar, okay. Um.
Do you ever drink mead or ale both regularly? When
I turned toty, I decided I was going to get
into stout. Oh stout that now, that's the heavier of
the beers, right, call him, I'm sorry, are you bullying me? Right?
(14:38):
Now I haven't drunk any stout today. Very professional. Now,
mead meat is a a alcoholic beverage. It is considered
a beer, or is it. It's considered to be a
regularly drunk of a horn. And there's chunks of flesh
in it. No flesh, just so it's not like a
(15:01):
soupy broth. No, okay, no, nothing like a broth. Actually, um,
I know Harry Potter is a movie, right, that's a given. Yes,
we got that. It's in fact, it's a wonderful movie.
One of the reviews I read said it was stodgy,
(15:24):
that's how good it is. I can't believe you read
those reviews, Carolina. You know I read all the movie reviews.
I know. I just feel like Harry Potter. It's like
reading the book review for Harry Potter. Anyway. Um so,
Harry Potter, it's a movie. But some of the magic
has to be real, you know, it had just has
(15:44):
to be I mean, what do you think do do
do most people carry wands in England in case of
an emergency? No? English people are very sensible. Doesn't really
no magic. I definitely didn't think people carry ones, right,
although our passports, do you have unicorns on them, so
there is that. Well, those are conflicting because because the
(16:07):
unicorn is a magical creature. Exactly do do you go?
I know in the English countryside there are the old
fox and hound, the fox runs where you hunt for foxes.
Um do they ever hunt for unicorns? Is that why
it's on the passport? There's no unicorn hunt to my knowledge,
and I think they streak sticked vaicely to fox hunting
(16:31):
because the first thing I do when I visit London
is I order it unicorn steak and get a big
flagon of mead Ron just read the Harry Potter books
and loved them as we all loved them. I loved
I know, but hogwarts. Um, there is a word that
(16:55):
the English use. How do I get into this? Just
dive in Ron. It starts with a sea and rhymes
with punt. Going to ask this, okay, sorry, is it
okay for Americans to use it? Promise me you will
never use that word. I'm just asking because you go,
you know, you walk around the streets of London and
(17:16):
it's you hear it every five seconds. It does get
used liberally, but it's okayful Lindon, because they have the accent,
so why can't we use it here? Not that I
want to use it. I'm just more of a sociological
linguistic study. I think the official answer would just be
like it isn't anyone else is to take It's a
(17:38):
very specific RN. You called me that yesterday when I
was late. No, but I said, let's imagine we're in England,
right and you were late I know, so therefore it
was legal in a way. I shouldn't have called you that.
I'm sorry. The movie American Werewolf in London was quite
(17:59):
a hit. Um did it cause mass hysteria in the
streets of London? I think even there it was a movie.
People could tell a difference. So no hysteria and no
no reported sightings of wewelves in London, is Isle swhere
in England. Oh so there was not that the werewolf
sightings didn't increase, because that's the research I had done. No,
(18:25):
one time in my hometown there was a rat that
was as big as a dog. Maybe that was confused.
Maybe people thought the giant rat was a werewolf exactly. No,
I want you to be honest with me, is this
is this a good British accent, and I can take
criticism and just be as brutally honest as you need
(18:47):
to be. I'm just shining of a shade im and
I live in foggy London town. That is not truth
for accent, you don't know what you're talking about. Maybe
saying more because that one was we couldn't even pick
that up. Really well, I'm a shine of a shade
(19:08):
I am, and I live in folly landon down Yeah.
You would not get into Downton a be with that
kind of By the way, we'll keep working on it.
Downton Abbey. Ah, why did they end it? It could
have gone on forever as far as I was concerned,
there's going to be a movie? Really yeah? I think so?
(19:31):
Will they have wands? I don't think there's a magical
element to Downton Abbey. It's very serious, it's very accurate.
I found it so fascinating, and I think we'll always
be interested in how the other half lives, right, meaning
like downstairs, Yes, between the rich people and the working class.
I mean they pull their pants on one leg at
(19:53):
a time, just as everyone else does. Right. Yeah, No,
that's beautiful. I live in down gen Aby, I do
next stop Downey. That was better. I think I'm getting better.
I think it needs work. Mhmm. Here's a political question.
(20:16):
Are you happy that England let America go? I mean,
I think given the distance between England and America, they
were already quite separate. Yeah, but there is a part
of every British subject who ruses the day when comes around,
they're like, oh gosh, and we're just we're just we're
(20:40):
eating corn on the cub and lighting fireworks that the
Brits aren't like, we let that one get away. We
have our own firework day on the fifth of November. Well,
it's not a competition. Were kind of over it. You
don't have to yell at me or those your real teeth.
These are my real teeth. Now you have wonderful teeth.
(21:01):
These are actually my baby teeth. I don't know if
it's a British thing, but I've only ever had one
set of teeth. They could fall out any minute. Ron,
that's so crazy. Ron only has his baby. I only
have my baby teeth. Well, maybe you have British Maybe
these are wow wow, m what are you doing after
(21:25):
the show? I'm sorry, let's just keep going. They referred
to Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister, as the Iron Lady.
But she the Iron Lady was just a that was
just a title she got from her her strong leadership.
There's there's no part of her that's made of iron,
Like she didn't have like an iron implant putting her
(21:47):
leg or anything like that. That's a good question. No,
I don't think there was any part that was made
of metal, more like she had metal. But you said
that's a good question. So we don't know for sure.
I haven't seen an X ray of micro facher should we?
But is that something people are talking about in England
(22:07):
to give her a full body skin to make sure
she doesn't have parts of iron in her body. I
haven't seen that being discussed. But you do raise an
interesting question. Until now, it hasn't been discussed, hasn't been discussed. Well,
it's called good journalism, that's what it's called. Yeah, um,
(22:30):
thank you so much. This was just a simply fascinating discussion.
And I think I think you've answered almost all the
questions I had. Caroline, did you have any anything you
know what? The girl from New Zealand needs a write
home Tinny Zealand. Oh no, no, no, think I don't
(22:52):
unless there's a bridge that goes there. It's eleven thousand miles.
Come on, she just seems right to look awake, got it,
no problem, practically the same anyway. Be amazing, Thank you,
thank you for your time, Thank you for having me.
We'll be right back after this important announcement. Well, Carolina,
(23:22):
that was a fascinating show. Let's uh, let's do our
fact check. How do we do? Okay? Um, stonehenge right, stonehenged?
Stonehenge is actually how it's pronounced. And what did I say,
stonehenge unhinged? Stone hinged? That's not the way you say exactly,
okay um. And then I just we've poked some holes
(23:45):
in the rattlesnake story, so we just want to get okay.
I think we covered it very good, as my mother
would say, all in all, not bad. This is Ron
Burgundy reminding you that only you can prevent forest fires
unless there is lightning that strikes a remote part of
the wilderness, and then it's all the animal's fault for
(24:06):
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Dorn Burgen Ron Bergin talking and say anything wrong back,
and he's not playing any game. You are listening to
the Ron Burgundy podcast on wherever podcasts are available, and I,
of course I am your host, Ron Burgundy. As per usual,
(00:24):
I am joined by my producer, Carolina. Carolina. How was
your weekend? You mean last weekend? This past weekend? Yes, yes,
I was your weekend. It was fine. I from what
I remember, Oh, website, I'm sorry. You seem to be
thrown by the question. Should I should I not have
asked you how your weekend was? No, it's just that
(00:45):
it's Wednesday, and most people ask each other on Monday
how their weekend was. They don't wait till Wednesday. It's
like five days. I know, but I didn't see you
on Monday, so I'm just asking you today. How was
your weekend? Oh? No, it was good. So hold on.
I'm sorry. So I take it from what you're saying.
(01:05):
It's a crime if you know you asked someone how
their weekend was on a Wednesday. No exaggeration, of course,
it's not a crime. It's just that if you wait
until Wednesday asks some one how the weekend was, and
it just may take some time for that person and
recall everything they did. Well, I'm sorry, you're wrong. I
(01:25):
just don't buy that. You know, the weekend was only
two days ago or five five days you're counting from Friday. Yeah,
it was only I mean, go ahead, go ahead, ask
me how my weekend was. Okay, Ron, how is your skein?
It was great, Carolina, I had a great weekend. Thank
you for asking. Okay, cool? What did you do? Um?
(01:49):
What did I do? Well? Let's see, I uh, what
did I do? I went to the place? Yes, I
went to the place where you I food? So do
you mean a restaurant? I did that? No? No, no, no,
the place where the food is sold in the building,
(02:10):
you know with the rose the rows of food. Grocery store. Yes,
the grocery store. So so that was good. Did you
do anything else? Just went to the grocery store? Um? No,
I did a lot of things. It was the weekend, Um,
I oh, I know. I was Oh. I was rushed
(02:31):
to that place where everyone goes. What's the place where
everyone goes at all times of the day? Can it
can be in the middle of the night as well.
It's like an around the clock place and it's super
busy in their doctors, and there's a lot of commotion
and shouting. Okay, I think the emergency, yes, emergency. Yes,
(02:53):
I went to the emergency room because it turns out
I had been bitten repeatedly by a Oh come on, ron,
what are they called? Did you get a dog? No?
Smaller than that? And they don't have for no, come on,
(03:14):
help me out here. Um. No, they're long, they're long,
and they don't have feathers. A sneak, Yes, that's it. Yes, yes,
I had gone for a hike and I I sat
on a on a rattlesnake when I when I came
back to my car, I sat on a rattlesnake who
(03:34):
was sunning himself in my car seat. And I I
had to take some had to take some stuff. Oh, oh,
for god's sake, what's the what's the medicine that stops
the rattlesnake poison from getting into your eyeballs? Venom? Yes,
anti venom? And they injected it into my eyeball. Wait
(03:56):
they okay, so they injected it into the ball because
let me guess, the snake bit you in the eye
over and over again, repeatedly. Yes, so we're on. You
were taken to the emergency room because you sat on
a rattlesnake who then repeatedly bait you in the face
and eyeballs. And this was over this past weekend. Yes, exactly,
(04:17):
that was my weekend. You see, you're having trouble remembering this.
It kind of proves my point. This is a life
altering event. And even though it's only Wednesday, you're you're
not remembering that. You're absolutely right, point taken. Huh So
the bottom line is, if it is Wednesday or beyond,
don't ask someone how their weekend was. I don't. Yeah,
(04:39):
I get it. I get it now. Yeah, so Wednesday borderline.
Don't ask Monday Tuesday, Fine, you're within the zone. How
was your weekend? Totally Wednesday maybe not, but by Thursday Friday,
how was your weekend? It's crazy, it's crazy because you've
already gone weight, you've shot way past. I would try
how was your night last night? Because Thursday Friday, it's
(05:02):
gonna get confusing because it's gonna be like, how how
was your weekend? Like you mean my weekend coming up?
You can always just say how are you? Mm hmm.
That's so boring. Though, yeah, or you know, what are
you up to today? Yeah? I guess. But what if
here's the problem. What if it's Thursday and I've seen
this person Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and I just keep
(05:24):
forgetting to ask them how their weekend was, and I
legitimately wanted to know how their weekend was. Do I
just I know what. I would sit them down and go, hey,
I know it's Thursday, and I remembered you having a
big weekend last weekend. I know it's four days since
the weekend, but could you go back and just tell
me how your weekend was. That's it, That's it. I
(05:47):
figured it out. Good, Thank you, Carolina. I mean, yeah,
you're welcome. Mhm. Shakespeare, what Buckingham, Las, Tower of London, England,
fish and chips, the English language? What do all these
(06:11):
things have in common? That's right, they came from England,
Is that what you said? Caroline? I find England and
all things English to be utterly fascinating, and thus Lee
I have chosen England as the topic of today's show.
We've all studied England in the history books, and much
(06:33):
of it is embedded in our brains, and yet some
facets of England are as mysterious as the secrets contained
in the famous pagan structure known as Stone Hinged. Over
the centuries, many groups of people have ruled over the
island nation. Whether it was the Vikings, the Visigoths, the Romans,
(06:56):
the Normans or Norman lear some one has always been
knocking on England's door. Finally, King Arthur and the Knights
of the round Table said enough is enough. They kicked
everyone out, gave Henry the Eighth the Turkey Leg, and
the rest, as they say, a stray Wait, we didn't
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get that. What did you say? The rash aka? The
rest is history. We got it. Now's a good time
to go take a peep. We gotta take a commercial
break today. We are so fortunate to be joined by
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two people who are actual subjects of the Commonwealth, so
we can take a deeper dive into all things England.
We're gonna start with you if you don't mind, and
would you please tell the listeners your name. Hello, my
name is Adrian, and they keep heaving me well. Adrian,
thank you for taking time to join us here on
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the rund Burgundy Podcast. This is Carolina, Hi nice. Let
me let me start by asking you this. When you
think of England, what comes to mind? You know, I
think of I think of so many different things. I
think of the birthplace of constitutional monarchy. I think of
industrial revolution, colonialism. Yes, one of the greatest empires the
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world has ever seen. And then the fall of that empire,
England has made I mean astounding contributions to literature and
music and technology and the rule of law. I mean,
the list really is in list, it really is. It
really is. Um. It's a fascinating place of fascinating culture. Um.
Was was London home to you? No? I wish um.
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When I was younger, you know, we were lucky enough
to visit London and later I did go to university there.
So I feel like I know it well. Interesting? So, um,
so you didn't live in London. Where where did you
grow up? Okay? And where is Auckland. It's in the
North Island. Oh that's right, that's right. I knew that.
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I love the North Island. I mean, sorry, never mind,
keep growing. I love it. I love the North Island.
It's beautiful there, lovely. Yes. And let's see I've been there. Oh,
oh you have been. That's great. But yeah, I took
the train. Took the train from London and it's beautiful countryside.
(09:35):
It's just gorgeous. There's there's no train from London. Well,
sure there is, yes, because I took it. I took
it right into Auckland station. I took it from Paddington
and about the ticket and I said, straight to Auckland.
So oh you know the distance technically from from London
to Auckland. Ess, Actually it's a living thousand miles. Eleventh, Wait,
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what part of England are you from? Well, I'm not
from any path of England, from New Zealand. You've got
to be kidding me, Carolina. Sorry, this is actually I
just found her in the hallway and she sounded really British. Well,
I actually can't blame you at all. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Sorry.
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We're just going to turn off your mic and then
you can get out of here. Okay, okay, okay, um,
now I'll turn my attention to you over here. What
is your name and are you from England? My name
is b and yes I am from England. Okay, great,
this is Carolina. Did you know the other woman who
was in here? I've never seen that woman before. Okay,
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did you know she was not English. Absolutely, Really, you're
not just saying that she sounded nothing like an English person.
It's like how a deer knows that a dog is
not a deer. I guess sounds crazy to me. What
where do you live now? Do you still live in
England or do you just visit? And I live in
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Los Angeles, California. I get back to England probably every year.
Stuck upon Yorkshire tea essential very good? And what part
of England is that? Exactly? So Yorkshire is in the
north of England and I'm from a city called Bradford City.
Just celebrate Christmas in is it? It's extra Christmas Eve there?
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It's got to be. It's not known for festivities. Are
you guys against Christmas? Is there a war on Christmas
there in Bramford, Braford? Yeah? I guess it gets a
little festive. It's it's a mixing part of cultures, so
we celebrate anything and everything, right, wonderful, wonderful. How would
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you describe the English accent? Well, I think there's about
a hundred and fifty different English dialects. There can't be
someone does a study for you, just making that up?
But seriously, how many how many dialects. Well, let's let's
say a hundred and sixty. Oh, well, you can't go up.
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I think on last check on Google it was a
hundred and sixty. I'm very interested in this kind of
thing because my dialects quite unusual. You might, I think
it just sounds a little bit confusing. That's because you know,
when you're from England, you could live like a mile
away from someone and sound completely different. Right. Well, and
do do you often get mistaken for being from New Zealand? Yes?
(12:31):
I get mistaken for New Zealand Australian, South African. I've
been asked if English is my first language, and it
is absolutely being from England. Yes, right, kind of invented it.
We get it, Carolina, What were you going to say? Oh?
I actually was going to ask if English was your
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first language, and it's always been your first language always?
Have you do know any other languages? Do you know
New Zealand? I haven't studied New Zealand. It's not a language,
it's just a dialect because they speak English in New Zealand.
Our first guess really really through me. And I'm sorry
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for not being professional, but thank you for hanging in
there with us today. Let me ask you this, why
is English food so bad? I mean, I happen to
like it, but for a lot of people they say,
you've heard the old saying. I'm sure if you're going
to visit England packed two suitcases, one filled with your
(13:35):
clothes and one filled with sandwiches, why why is English
food so bad? I think English food is very practical.
So England is kind of just like this cold, rocky
island in the middle of the sea. So the food
is really about it being kind of studgy, keeping you warm,
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keeping you full, rather than like a culinary experience. Studgy. Yes,
I like that word because we don't have that word
over here. I'm just gonna get that down. Write down
that word Carolina stodgy, and I'll use it in my
speech tomorrow at the community Center. I didn't know, but
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you're okay. It's in my book, it's in the calendar, okay. Um.
Do you ever drink mead or ale both regularly? When
I turned toty, I decided I was going to get
into stout. Oh stout that now, that's the heavier of
the beers, right, call him, I'm sorry, are you bullying me? Right?
(14:38):
Now I haven't drunk any stout today. Very professional. Now,
mead meat is a a alcoholic beverage. It is considered
a beer, or is it. It's considered to be a
regularly drunk of a horn. And there's chunks of flesh
in it. No flesh, just so it's not like a
(15:01):
soupy broth. No, okay, no, nothing like a broth. Actually, um,
I know Harry Potter is a movie, right, that's a given. Yes,
we got that. It's in fact, it's a wonderful movie.
One of the reviews I read said it was stodgy,
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that's how good it is. I can't believe you read
those reviews, Carolina. You know I read all the movie reviews.
I know. I just feel like Harry Potter. It's like
reading the book review for Harry Potter. Anyway. Um so,
Harry Potter, it's a movie. But some of the magic
has to be real, you know, it had just has
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to be I mean, what do you think do do
do most people carry wands in England in case of
an emergency? No? English people are very sensible. Doesn't really
no magic. I definitely didn't think people carry ones, right,
although our passports, do you have unicorns on them, so
there is that. Well, those are conflicting because because the
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unicorn is a magical creature. Exactly do do you go?
I know in the English countryside there are the old
fox and hound, the fox runs where you hunt for foxes.
Um do they ever hunt for unicorns? Is that why
it's on the passport? There's no unicorn hunt to my knowledge,
and I think they streak sticked vaicely to fox hunting
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because the first thing I do when I visit London
is I order it unicorn steak and get a big
flagon of mead Ron just read the Harry Potter books
and loved them as we all loved them. I loved
I know, but hogwarts. Um, there is a word that
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the English use. How do I get into this? Just
dive in Ron. It starts with a sea and rhymes
with punt. Going to ask this, okay, sorry, is it
okay for Americans to use it? Promise me you will
never use that word. I'm just asking because you go,
you know, you walk around the streets of London and
(17:16):
it's you hear it every five seconds. It does get
used liberally, but it's okayful Lindon, because they have the accent,
so why can't we use it here? Not that I
want to use it. I'm just more of a sociological
linguistic study. I think the official answer would just be
like it isn't anyone else is to take It's a
(17:38):
very specific RN. You called me that yesterday when I
was late. No, but I said, let's imagine we're in England,
right and you were late I know, so therefore it
was legal in a way. I shouldn't have called you that.
I'm sorry. The movie American Werewolf in London was quite
(17:59):
a hit. Um did it cause mass hysteria in the
streets of London? I think even there it was a movie.
People could tell a difference. So no hysteria and no
no reported sightings of wewelves in London, is Isle swhere
in England. Oh so there was not that the werewolf
sightings didn't increase, because that's the research I had done. No,
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one time in my hometown there was a rat that
was as big as a dog. Maybe that was confused.
Maybe people thought the giant rat was a werewolf exactly. No,
I want you to be honest with me, is this
is this a good British accent, and I can take
criticism and just be as brutally honest as you need
(18:47):
to be. I'm just shining of a shade im and
I live in foggy London town. That is not truth
for accent, you don't know what you're talking about. Maybe
saying more because that one was we couldn't even pick
that up. Really well, I'm a shine of a shade
(19:08):
I am, and I live in folly landon down Yeah.
You would not get into Downton a be with that
kind of By the way, we'll keep working on it.
Downton Abbey. Ah, why did they end it? It could
have gone on forever as far as I was concerned,
there's going to be a movie? Really yeah? I think so?
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Will they have wands? I don't think there's a magical
element to Downton Abbey. It's very serious, it's very accurate.
I found it so fascinating, and I think we'll always
be interested in how the other half lives, right, meaning
like downstairs, Yes, between the rich people and the working class.
I mean they pull their pants on one leg at
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a time, just as everyone else does. Right. Yeah, No,
that's beautiful. I live in down gen Aby, I do
next stop Downey. That was better. I think I'm getting better.
I think it needs work. Mhmm. Here's a political question.
(20:16):
Are you happy that England let America go? I mean,
I think given the distance between England and America, they
were already quite separate. Yeah, but there is a part
of every British subject who ruses the day when comes around,
they're like, oh gosh, and we're just we're just we're
(20:40):
eating corn on the cub and lighting fireworks that the
Brits aren't like, we let that one get away. We
have our own firework day on the fifth of November. Well,
it's not a competition. Were kind of over it. You
don't have to yell at me or those your real teeth.
These are my real teeth. Now you have wonderful teeth.
(21:01):
These are actually my baby teeth. I don't know if
it's a British thing, but I've only ever had one
set of teeth. They could fall out any minute. Ron,
that's so crazy. Ron only has his baby. I only
have my baby teeth. Well, maybe you have British Maybe
these are wow wow, m what are you doing after
(21:25):
the show? I'm sorry, let's just keep going. They referred
to Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister, as the Iron Lady.
But she the Iron Lady was just a that was
just a title she got from her her strong leadership.
There's there's no part of her that's made of iron,
Like she didn't have like an iron implant putting her
(21:47):
leg or anything like that. That's a good question. No,
I don't think there was any part that was made
of metal, more like she had metal. But you said
that's a good question. So we don't know for sure.
I haven't seen an X ray of micro facher should we?
But is that something people are talking about in England
(22:07):
to give her a full body skin to make sure
she doesn't have parts of iron in her body. I
haven't seen that being discussed. But you do raise an
interesting question. Until now, it hasn't been discussed, hasn't been discussed. Well,
it's called good journalism, that's what it's called. Yeah, um,
(22:30):
thank you so much. This was just a simply fascinating discussion.
And I think I think you've answered almost all the
questions I had. Caroline, did you have any anything you
know what? The girl from New Zealand needs a write
home Tinny Zealand. Oh no, no, no, think I don't
(22:52):
unless there's a bridge that goes there. It's eleven thousand miles.
Come on, she just seems right to look awake, got it,
no problem, practically the same anyway. Be amazing, Thank you,
thank you for your time, Thank you for having me.
We'll be right back after this important announcement. Well, Carolina,
(23:22):
that was a fascinating show. Let's uh, let's do our
fact check. How do we do? Okay? Um, stonehenge right, stonehenged?
Stonehenge is actually how it's pronounced. And what did I say,
stonehenge unhinged? Stone hinged? That's not the way you say exactly,
okay um. And then I just we've poked some holes
(23:45):
in the rattlesnake story, so we just want to get okay.
I think we covered it very good, as my mother
would say, all in all, not bad. This is Ron
Burgundy reminding you that only you can prevent forest fires
unless there is lightning that strikes a remote part of
the wilderness, and then it's all the animal's fault for
(24:06):
failing to be vigilant until next time. So long, everybody,
stay tuned for scenes from the next episode of the
Ron Burgundy Podcast On the next Ron Burgundy Podcast. So
many broadcasters feel the need to fill every moment with
(24:29):
mindless chatter that is not the Burgundy style. Here I'll
show you what I mean. The Ron Burgundy Podcast is
(24:53):
a production of I Heart Radio Podcast Network and Funnier Die.
I'm Ron Burgundy. I'm the host, writer and exa acutive producer.
Carolina Barlow is my co host, writer and producer. The
show was also produced by Whitney Hodek, Jack O'Brien, Miles Gray,
and Nick Stuff. Our executive producer is Mike Farren. Our
consulting producer is Andrew Steeve. Our associate producer is Anna Hosni.
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Our writer is Jake Fogois. Our production supervisor is Colin McDougall.
This episode was engineered, mixed, and edited by Nick Stump.
See you next Thursday on The Ron Burgundy Podcast.
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