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Post by rgs2001uk on Dec 7, 2020 21:49:39 GMT 7
That means you Mosha or CM, 555. What effin chance does my mrs have in her pursuit of the engerlish language, when this is what she reads. Can either of you kind chaps pls translate.
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Post by rubl on Dec 7, 2020 23:17:32 GMT 7
Well, to take my ten bobs as the lad suggests I wonder why your wife reads such in the first place?
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Post by AyG on Dec 8, 2020 6:31:46 GMT 7
"the lad" is an image of the character Billy Casper from the 1970 movie Kes (based upon a novel of the same name).
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Post by Mosha on Dec 8, 2020 12:33:12 GMT 7
Meksenseterme
This sacred land is full my friends. Now take your 50 pence dinghy and go forth and multiply.
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Post by Mosha on Dec 8, 2020 12:38:26 GMT 7
"the lad" is an image of the character Billy Casper from the 1970 movie Kes (based upon a novel of the same name). Contained the best football match ever.
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Post by AyG on Dec 8, 2020 12:49:38 GMT 7
Takes me back to my teenage years in t'North.
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Post by chiangmai on Dec 8, 2020 13:35:06 GMT 7
Takes me back to my teenage years in t'North. Me too, I really enjoyed that, thanks for posting it.
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Post by AyG on Dec 8, 2020 13:42:47 GMT 7
^^^ Thank Mosha, not me. I'd completely forgotten about the scene.
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Post by chiangmai on Dec 8, 2020 14:42:23 GMT 7
Ta Mosha, it took me right back.
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Post by chiangmai on Dec 8, 2020 17:35:55 GMT 7
rgs, Do you know which is more correct, ginnel or snicket?
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Post by AyG on Dec 8, 2020 18:31:27 GMT 7
rgs, Do you know which is more correct, ginnel or snicket? And if you can answer that, perhaps you can tell us the correct pronunciation for "scone"? And should one put milk in before or after the tea? To be honest, I'm a little surprised I don't know the answer to this, my being an expert on back passages.
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Post by chiangmai on Dec 8, 2020 19:30:06 GMT 7
Given that rgs needed assistance to translate the earlier prose he likely wont be into ginnels and snickets either, fair enough, such things are an acquired taste.
The answer depends on where you hail from, they both mean a narrow passage way between houses, a ginnel being a north Yorkshire and Lancashire term whilst a snicket comes from even further North........yes all you Southerners, there is indeed inhabited land that is further North than Yorkshire and Lancashire, Northumberland, Cumbria and Durham, Geordie country, almost deep fried mars bar territory.
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Post by AyG on Dec 8, 2020 20:11:04 GMT 7
So what then is a lemony snicket? I don't think they have lemons north of the Watford Gap, so it can't be a citrus scented tight passage.
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Post by Mosha on Dec 8, 2020 20:47:28 GMT 7
Ginnel is a passageway between 2 houses, a snicket is a narrow alleyway.
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Post by AyG on Dec 8, 2020 21:13:41 GMT 7
Ginnel is a passageway between 2 houses, a snicket is a narrow alleyway. You still haven't explained what a lemony snicket is.
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