Mike Fleming said:
> On 13/03/2022 17:32, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>>
>>>>> Then decide whether to order whisky or whiskey ?
> >
>> Have a Guinness, like everyone does.
>
> Unless they have a Murphy's. Dublin v. Cork.

Waaah ! I'll have what everyone else is having.

--
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"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

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On 2022-03-13, Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
> In article <hbSdnbQuq4TKI7D_nZ2dnUU7-dednZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, Richard
> Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> on Sun, 13 Mar 2022 at 04:50:15 awoke
> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>maus said:
>>> My policy, when I was in business was to ignore all that, as long as the
>>> currency was valid.
>>
>>Whisk[e]y is probably best left till ohfvarff is finished, right enough.
>>
> Unless the business is whisk(e)y tasting.

Once when I had a couple of idle hours, I joined my Wife on a whisky
tasting trip to a distillery with her women's group. As I had decided on going late in the day
I left my car at bus stop, and only tasted the spirit. I had great
trouble driving the car home

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On 2022-03-13, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:50:59 +0000
> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>
>> Or the Americans to pronounce Cholmondeley as Cholmondeley <grin>.
>
> It's bad enough hearing Americans pronounce van Gogh.
>

Or Flemings (or Vlaams) or Dutch. I once went out for a meal and drinks in Genk. (Or
Ghent, or Gaunt). They don't like cockerels there.

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On 2022-03-13, Bernard Peek <bap@shrdlu.com> wrote:
> On 2022-03-13, John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> On 13/03/2022 15:05, Nick Odell wrote:
>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 11:20:04 +0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:50:59 +0000
>>>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Or the Americans to pronounce Cholmondeley as Cholmondeley <grin>.
>>>>
>>>> It's bad enough hearing Americans pronounce van Gogh.
>>>
>>

>> A Dutch friend of mine once described their native tongue as "Not so
>> much a language as a throat affliction"
>
> I made that joke in ye shedde years ago and was reminded that it originated
> as a comment by Viktor Borge about Danish.
>

I have heard of Danish as trying to speak with hot porridge in your
mouth.

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On 2022-03-14, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> writes:
>
>> Prey tell do the French and the Quebecois call New Scotland <grin> the
>> same thing?
>
> To be perfectly fair, I have never spoken to or corresponded with
> either a French person or a Quebecois on the subject so while "Nouvelle
> Ecosse" shows up in many bilingual Canadian places, I can't be
> entirely certain that it isn't the result of overzealus anglophones
> trying to be politically correct.
>
>

Arcadia.?

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maus said:
> On 2022-03-13, Bernard Peek <bap@shrdlu.com> wrote:
>> On 2022-03-13, John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>> On 13/03/2022 15:05, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 11:20:04 +0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:50:59 +0000
>>>>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Or the Americans to pronounce Cholmondeley as Cholmondeley <grin>.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's bad enough hearing Americans pronounce van Gogh.
>>>>
>>>
>
>>> A Dutch friend of mine once described their native tongue as "Not so
>>> much a language as a throat affliction"
>>
>> I made that joke in ye shedde years ago and was reminded that it originated
>> as a comment by Viktor Borge about Danish.
>>
>
>
> I have heard of Danish as trying to speak with hot porridge in your
> mouth.

I have heard that Danish is Swedish spoken with a potato in the mouth.

--
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Richard Robinson said:
> maus said:
>>
>> I have heard of Danish as trying to speak with hot porridge in your
>> mouth.
>
> I have heard that Danish is Swedish spoken with a potato in the mouth.

OTOH, 'Bog handel' can make me giggle stupidly.

--
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"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

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On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:37:59 -0500, Richard Robinson
<richardR@privacy.net> wrote:

>maus said:
>> On 2022-03-13, Bernard Peek <bap@shrdlu.com> wrote:
>>> On 2022-03-13, John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>> On 13/03/2022 15:05, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 11:20:04 +0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:50:59 +0000
>>>>>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or the Americans to pronounce Cholmondeley as Cholmondeley <grin>.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's bad enough hearing Americans pronounce van Gogh.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> A Dutch friend of mine once described their native tongue as "Not so
>>>> much a language as a throat affliction"
>>>
>>> I made that joke in ye shedde years ago and was reminded that it originated
>>> as a comment by Viktor Borge about Danish.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I have heard of Danish as trying to speak with hot porridge in your
>> mouth.
>
>I have heard that Danish is Swedish spoken with a potato in the mouth.

Here's a chance to test that theory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qGK1ETb-38

(Trailer for the Swedish/Danish production of "The Bridge" with both
languages being spoken - although there is a running joke through the
series that the Danish cop speaks dreadful Swedish (Or was it the
other way around? - I forget.))

Nick

On 13/03/2022 11:20, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:50:59 +0000
> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>
>> Or the Americans to pronounce Cholmondeley as Cholmondeley <grin>.
>
> It's bad enough hearing Americans pronounce van Gogh.
>

When I were a boatering, I moored up in Slaithwaite that the natives
pronounce Slouwitt I was reliably informed.

I moved the car on to the next watery destination, and tried to get a
train back.

In the ticket office at that 'uddersfield I confidently asked for a
single ticket to Slouwitt.

"Where?" he asked.

"Slouwitt."

He looked puzzled for a moment, then brightened.

"Oh, you mean Slaithwaite!" he said in rich Yorkshirish.

Tone

On 14/03/2022 11:58, Richard Robinson wrote:
> I have very occasionally been Rashid.

I had one of them once.

Narsty.

Tone

In article <t0v2v6$lu0$2@dont-email.me>, Tone <email@address.com> on
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 at 10:36:27 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On 14/03/2022 11:58, Richard Robinson wrote:
>> I have very occasionally been Rashid.
>
>I had one of them once.
>
>Narsty.
>
The horseyrashid is even worser nasty
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Tone <email@address.com> wrote in news:t0v2v6$lu0$2@dont-email.me:

> On 14/03/2022 11:58, Richard Robinson wrote:
>> I have very occasionally been Rashid.
>
> I had one of them once.
>
> Narsty.

You can get a cream for it in Fhcreqeht.

--
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-----

Tone said:
> On 13/03/2022 11:20, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:50:59 +0000
>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Or the Americans to pronounce Cholmondeley as Cholmondeley <grin>.
>>
>> It's bad enough hearing Americans pronounce van Gogh.
>>
>
> When I were a boatering, I moored up in Slaithwaite that the natives
> pronounce Slouwitt I was reliably informed.

Round here we have Quernmore, pron. "Kworma"

--
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"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 16/03/2022 17:23, maus wrote:
> On 2022-03-13, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:50:59 +0000
>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Or the Americans to pronounce Cholmondeley as Cholmondeley <grin>.
>>
>> It's bad enough hearing Americans pronounce van Gogh.
>>
>
> Or Flemings (or Vlaams) or Dutch. I once went out for a meal and drinks in Genk. (Or
> Ghent, or Gaunt). They don't like cockerels there.

I've found that most people can pronounce Fleming correctly. The problem
comes more with the spelling, even though all the famous ones [1] spell
it correctly.

[1] Jason Flemyng being a bit of an exception, but at least it's one "m".

On 17/03/2022 10:35, Tone wrote:
> On 13/03/2022 11:20, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:50:59 +0000
>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Or the Americans to pronounce Cholmondeley as Cholmondeley <grin>.
>>
>>     It's bad enough hearing Americans pronounce van Gogh.
>
> When I were a boatering, I moored up in Slaithwaite that the natives
> pronounce Slouwitt I was reliably informed.
>
> I  moved the car on to the next watery destination, and tried to get a
> train back.
>
> In the ticket office at that 'uddersfield I confidently asked for a
> single ticket to Slouwitt.
>
> "Where?" he asked.
>
> "Slouwitt."
>
> He looked puzzled for a moment, then brightened.
>
> "Oh, you mean Slaithwaite!" he said in rich Yorkshirish.

The mother of a friend of mine lives in Slaithwaite Hall, in
Slaithwaite. According to said friend, it's "Slouwitt".

Completely uninteresting fact #36: the Robot Wars entrant SMIDSY was
built at Slaithwaite Hall.

Completely uninteresting fact #37: the Local Shop for Local People in
the League of Gentlemen (a WWP programme) was on the other side of the
valley to Slaithwaite Hall.

Completely uninteresting fact #38: Slaithwaite Hall doesn't look much
like a Hall.

On 17/03/2022 15:28, Richard Robinson wrote:
> Tone said:
>> On 13/03/2022 11:20, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:50:59 +0000
>>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Or the Americans to pronounce Cholmondeley as Cholmondeley <grin>.
>>>
>>> It's bad enough hearing Americans pronounce van Gogh.
>>>
>>
>> When I were a boatering, I moored up in Slaithwaite that the natives
>> pronounce Slouwitt I was reliably informed.
>
> Round here we have Quernmore, pron. "Kworma"

If you want s'more, in that Scotland: Milngavie pronounced M'lguy; round
here in Norfolk, Tacolneston = Tacolston; Bunwell = Bunnel (to rhyme
with gunwale); Stiffkey = Stookey; and a lot more like that.

Anyone xabj where Wogahamsel is?

--
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In article <t150i3$ng9$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.
girolle.co.uk> on Sat, 19 Mar 2022 at 16:32:02 awoke Nicholas from his
slumbers and wrote
>On 17/03/2022 15:28, Richard Robinson wrote:
>> Tone said:
>>> On 13/03/2022 11:20, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:50:59 +0000
>>>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Or the Americans to pronounce Cholmondeley as Cholmondeley <grin>.
>>>>
>>>> It's bad enough hearing Americans pronounce van Gogh.
>>>>
>>>
>>> When I were a boatering, I moored up in Slaithwaite that the natives
>>> pronounce Slouwitt I was reliably informed.
>>
>> Round here we have Quernmore, pron. "Kworma"
>
>If you want s'more, in that Scotland: Milngavie pronounced M'lguy; round
>here in Norfolk, Tacolneston = Tacolston; Bunwell = Bunnel (to rhyme
>with gunwale); Stiffkey = Stookey; and a lot more like that.
>
>Anyone xabj where Wogahamsel is?
>
I cannot speak for the others, but a do believe that Stiffkey is as
spelt. Stookey would be a Scottish word or pronunciation. But who am I
to say, I have only visited Stiffkey and Scotland.

The vicar of Stiffkey came to an unfortunate end in Skegness like Albert
in Blackpool. Being in 'bracing' Skegness, he tried to brace open a
lion's mouth with his head. His head did not provide a strong enough
brace. 'Ooh Nasty' as Lt. Philips would say.
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On 19/03/2022 17:19, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <t150i3$ng9$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.
> girolle.co.uk> on Sat, 19 Mar 2022 at 16:32:02 awoke Nicholas from his
> slumbers and wrote
>> On 17/03/2022 15:28, Richard Robinson wrote:
>>> Tone said:
>>>> On 13/03/2022 11:20, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:50:59 +0000
>>>>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Or the Americans to pronounce Cholmondeley as Cholmondeley <grin>.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's bad enough hearing Americans pronounce van Gogh.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I were a boatering, I moored up in Slaithwaite that the natives
>>>> pronounce Slouwitt I was reliably informed.
>>>
>>> Round here we have Quernmore, pron. "Kworma"
>>
>> If you want s'more, in that Scotland: Milngavie pronounced M'lguy; round
>> here in Norfolk, Tacolneston = Tacolston; Bunwell = Bunnel (to rhyme
>> with gunwale); Stiffkey = Stookey; and a lot more like that.
>>
>> Anyone xabj where Wogahamsel is?
>>
> I cannot speak for the others, but a do believe that Stiffkey is as
> spelt. Stookey would be a Scottish word or pronunciation. But who am I
> to say, I have only visited Stiffkey and Scotland.
>
> The vicar of Stiffkey came to an unfortunate end in Skegness like Albert
> in Blackpool. Being in 'bracing' Skegness, he tried to brace open a
> lion's mouth with his head. His head did not provide a strong enough
> brace. 'Ooh Nasty' as Lt. Philips would say.

I have the advantage of you, then: I have lived in Scotland (or should I
say 'stayed'?) and I now live not twenty miles from Stiffkey, in 'Bunnel.

While it is true that not all East-Coast-of-Norfolk Dumplings say
'Stewkey/Stookey', an awful lot do, especially to non-Dumplings.

And I do know about the late vicar: he used to travel to that London and
seek-out prostitutes and (allegedly, by him) try to 'save' them, for
which possibly unseemly behaviour (but never proven) he was unfrocked,
unvicared and generally, but not universally, reviled.

Diss, BTW, is pronounced 'Diss', but Happisborough is pronounced
'Hazebrough'.

--
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On 16/03/2022 17:28, maus wrote:
> On 2022-03-14, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>>
>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> writes:
>>
>>> Prey tell do the French and the Quebecois call New Scotland <grin> the
>>> same thing?
>>
>> To be perfectly fair, I have never spoken to or corresponded with
>> either a French person or a Quebecois on the subject so while "Nouvelle
>> Ecosse" shows up in many bilingual Canadian places, I can't be
>> entirely certain that it isn't the result of overzealus anglophones
>> trying to be politically correct.
>>
>>
>
> Arcadia.?

Are residents of Telemark Telephones?

--
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On 17/03/2022 11:11, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <t0v2v6$lu0$2@dont-email.me>, Tone <email@address.com> on
> Thu, 17 Mar 2022 at 10:36:27 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> On 14/03/2022 11:58, Richard Robinson wrote:
>>> I have very occasionally been Rashid.
>>
>> I had one of them once.
>>
>> Narsty.
>>
> The horseyrashid is even worser nasty
>
I likes hearserashers relish wot I hfrf quitealot.

--
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On 12/03/2022 16:24, John Williamson wrote:
> On 12/03/2022 14:39, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>> On 12 Mar 2022 14:27:03 GMT
>> maus <maus@dmaus.org> wrote:
>>
>>> In Ireland, there is a city up north called Derry by one side and
>>> Londonderry  by the other. I wait until I hear what the person I am
>>> speaking to says the name,
>>
>>     Then decide whether to order whisky or whiskey ?
>>
> When in the place mentioned, there is only one recommended choice. They
> make it not far away. The approved spelling is dictated by that fact.

Uisge bheatha?

> "Water of life", transliterated into English, IIRC.
>
Eau de vie?

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On 06/03/2022 11:58, Tone wrote:
> On 05/03/2022 01:09, Sn!pe wrote:
>> Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> Suspicious. Is this Boris's latest "don't you dare throw me out" move,
>>> we might get a _pbzcrgrag_ ba*d, and then where would we be ?
>>>
>>
>> Without wishing to be offensive:  this is an example of why
>> I'm no longer an active participant in my beloved Shed, my
>> spiritual home froup for ~20 years.
>>
>> We now return you to your regular programming.
>>
>
> Woz there ever an active unwritten rule that polly ticks should be
> locked out of ye shedd?
>
> (Asking for a friend.)

Yes, and if I unorget crectly, reliion TAAAW

--
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On 19/03/2022 21:28, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 06/03/2022 11:58, Tone wrote:
>> On 05/03/2022 01:09, Sn!pe wrote:
>>> Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> Suspicious. Is this Boris's latest "don't you dare throw me out" move,
>>>> we might get a _pbzcrgrag_ ba*d, and then where would we be ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Without wishing to be offensive: this is an example of why
>>> I'm no longer an active participant in my beloved Shed, my
>>> spiritual home froup for ~20 years.
>>>
>>> We now return you to your regular programming.
>>>
>>
>> Woz there ever an active unwritten rule that polly ticks should be
>> locked out of ye shedd?
>>
>> (Asking for a friend.)
>
> Yes, and if I unorget crectly, reliion TAAAW
>
IIRC, not so much a ehyr, more a ynpx bs vagrerfg. Posts got ignored,
and killfiles were individually set (or not)

--
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John.

On 19/03/2022 21:32, John Williamson wrote:
> On 19/03/2022 21:28, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 06/03/2022 11:58, Tone wrote:
>>> Woz there ever an active unwritten rule that polly ticks should be
>>> locked out of ye shedd?
>>>
>>> (Asking for a friend.)
>>
>> Yes, and if I unorget crectly, reliion TAAAW
>>
> IIRC, not so much a ehyr, more a ynpx bs vagrerfg. Posts got ignored,
> and killfiles were individually set (or not)
>
Finally, a use for Groping Gurgles...

The uk.rec.sheds FAQ, part 1 of 8.

https://groups.google.com/g/uk.rec.sheds/c/ZAvB9lkp8gg

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

In article <j9n0keFl5scU2@mid.individual.net>, John Williamson
<johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> on Sat, 19 Mar 2022 at 21:35:10 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On 19/03/2022 21:32, John Williamson wrote:
>> On 19/03/2022 21:28, RustyHinge wrote:
>>> On 06/03/2022 11:58, Tone wrote:
>>>> Woz there ever an active unwritten rule that polly ticks should be
>>>> locked out of ye shedd?
>>>>
>>>> (Asking for a friend.)
>>>
>>> Yes, and if I unorget crectly, reliion TAAAW
>>>
>> IIRC, not so much a ehyr, more a ynpx bs vagrerfg. Posts got ignored,
>> and killfiles were individually set (or not)
>>
>Finally, a use for Groping Gurgles...
>
>The uk.rec.sheds FAQ, part 1 of 8.
>
>https://groups.google.com/g/uk.rec.sheds/c/ZAvB9lkp8gg
>
FWIW the original chart for uk.rec.sheds

https://ukvoting.org.uk/results/815

It has not been modified
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