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Over here in the states I'm catching a periodic Adidas commercial on the "Tele" which features David Beckham telling a short story about getting sent off in the world cup and making what he considers a comeback.

Now, regardless of your personal opinion of Beckham, I have a simple question. In the commercial he says he received "deaf frets" (meaning death threats). Does he have a speech impediment or is this one of the English dialects? I'm having a disagreement with my dad about this and I though, "what better way to resolve this than to ask the international community?"

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Originally posted by ark13
Over here in the states I'm catching a periodic Adidas commercial on the "Tele" which features David Beckham telling a short story about getting sent off in the world cup and making what he considers a comeback.

Now, regardless of your personal opinion of Beckham, I have a simple question. In the commercial he says he received "deaf frets" (meaning death t ...[text shortened]... and I though, "what better way to resolve this than to ask the international community?"
It's probably a Freudian slip where he would like to tune out his annoying wife.

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Originally posted by ark13
In the commercial he says he received "deaf frets" (meaning death threats). Does he have a speech impediment or is this one of the English dialects?
Now here I was thinking all this time that Becks had said he'd received "deaf ferrets."


I was under the impression he was a great humanitarian taking in the toothy little varmints. 😳

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lol That's how they talk where he was raised - London.🙂

death threats - you're right.




Assuming that was a serious enquiry. 😕


Originally posted by ark13
Over here in the states I'm catching a periodic Adidas commercial on the "Tele" which features David Beckham telling a short story about getting sent off in the world cup and making what he considers a comeback.

Now, regardless of your personal opinion of Beckham, I have a simple question. In the commercial he says he received "deaf frets" (meaning death t ...[text shortened]... and I though, "what better way to resolve this than to ask the international community?"
The definitive Beckham interview...

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Originally posted by ark13
Over here in the states I'm catching a periodic Adidas commercial on the "Tele" which features David Beckham telling a short story about getting sent off in the world cup and making what he considers a comeback.

Now, regardless of your personal opinion of Beckham, I have a simple question. In the commercial he says he received "deaf frets" (meaning death t and I though, "what better way to resolve this than to ask the international community?"
I speak like that, but it's a speech impediment for me. 🙁

You should hear me trying to pronounce 'three', it's hilarious. 😞

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
lol That's how they talk where he was raised - London.🙂

death threats - you're right.




Assuming that was a serious enquiry. 😕
So that's a characteristic London accent and not a speech impediment?

Ha, I was right!

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
lol That's how they talk where he was raised - London.🙂

death threats - you're right.




Assuming that was a serious enquiry. 😕
You aren't saying *everyone* in london has that dialect, are you? If so I would have expected I'd have heard some other famous person from London speak like that at some point in my life.

Or is it just a sub-region? What is the dialect called?

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Originally posted by eagles54
Now here I was thinking all this time that Becks had said he'd received "deaf ferrets."


I was under the impression he was a great humanitarian taking in the toothy little varmints. 😳
I think you mean a ferretarian.