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Title: Why does that cheeky Geico Gekko speak Cockney?
Post by: on July 05, 2006, 04:44:00 pm

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 What gives?  Does he speak with a Brooklyn accent to sell car insurance in the UK?  Do Americans even know what "Free Pie & Chips" are?

Title: Re: Why does that cheeky Geico Gekko speak Cockney?
Post by: Mobius on July 05, 2006, 06:04:00 pm

He sounds like David Beckham.

Title: Re: Why does that cheeky Geico Gekko speak Cockney?
Post by: Sage 703 on July 05, 2006, 06:39:00 pm

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Originally posted by Rakim Indie Balzac:
  What gives?  Does he speak with a Brooklyn accent to sell car insurance in the UK?  Do Americans even know what "Free Pie & Chips" are?

I don't know, but I think those commercials are hilarious.

Title: Re: Why does that cheeky Geico Gekko speak Cockney?
Post by: Jaguar on July 05, 2006, 07:06:00 pm

They know we are all a bunch of Anglophiles!   :D

Title: Re: Why does that cheeky Geico Gekko speak Cockney?
Post by: on July 05, 2006, 07:18:00 pm

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Originally posted by Jaguar:
  They know we are all a bunch of Anglophiles!

Although I'm a Anglophone, I'm no Homophone (http://tinyurl.com/ryorq)...but I DO HAVE a pink Princessphone.
 
       <img src="http://www.oxfordfrozenfoods.com/images/pie.jpg" alt=" - " />
  Pie?
 
       <img src="http://www.adjab.com/media/2006/05/lays-new.jpg" alt=" - " />
  Chips?