I don't find it offensive...lol. You should hear how we all talk here in central PA - especially around Amish country...lol. So Dutchy :P.

"Smear me all over with jelly, a piece of butter bread"

I don't talk quite like that myself but I do tend to say a few select things backward than the way others perhaps would that aren't from the area. The area was thickly settled by Germans back in the day.

Like the UK, the US has it's areas where there is a regional accent and in some cases they're only towns a few miles apart. In the town where I grew up, we all have a bit of a drawl almost. Two towns over, they speak a little different ;).

I was so amused when I saw a skit from a British television show about "Four Candles" or "Fork Handles" depending on how you heard it...lol. It reminds me a lot of how hard it is for Northerners like me to understand some of the very thick southern drawls such as those from West Virginia.

Laurie

*for what it's worth, in my area we say Colin the way you say Colin. We also have quite a few towns where we stole the names from England...lol. I live in York but down the road is Lancaster and we say it the way you do. Californians mash it all up...lol.