Saw this on the twitter feed of a snooty British magazine.
I think he must of stuck a feather in his cap, first...
If the British won't defend the language the language in in trouble. We already have Canadians fulfilling the creeping Americanism role.
I'm thinking seriously about starting a blog entitled: The Nevada Possum Fancier's Gazette
I thought it was
Mac n' Cheese.
James Fleming, post: 449911, member: 136 wrote: I'm thinking seriously about starting a blog entitled: The Nevada Possum Fancier's Gazette
I was in the field in Oklahoma one fine spring day. I pointed out a freshly dead squirrel in the road to my party chief and jokingly suggest we light a campfire and roast it up for lunch. Missing the tone, he proceeded to explain to me, quite seriously, that it was an hour or two too ripe, but if we had been along a little earlier in the day...
Lucky me....you would have thought there was a lot of demand for that name.;)
A few years ago at the farmhouse in New Zealand, a man wearing a red and white check shirt arrived at the end of the drive early one morning with a trailer load of small trees to be offloaded. He started unloading and I walked out onto the deck and called out "Do you need some help?". The reply call back was a long drawn out "Beg Poordin?". So I closed the doors and went back inside to finish breakfast.
Happens here and some of it gets a bit too much.
We have traditional Anzacs.
To us they're biscuits, but you don't call them that 'cos they're just Anzacs.
Lately you have people calling them Anzac cookies.
They have special significance as they were sent out to our troops (some say) who later became known as Anzacs but they are part,of our traditional Rememberance Day, not marines or some other foreign military personnel. That's probably lost on the modern generation.
Anyway we all know they're biscuits or cookies so no need to add the extra name. Bit like saying there goes a Man human, or a Bear animal!
Cookies seem to creep in everywhere these days, quite common.
I grew up on biscuits. Bit too long in the tooth to make the change now.
James Fleming, post: 449923, member: 136 wrote: Lucky me....you would have thought there was a lot of demand for that name.;)
Do it. I dare you.
Brad Ott, post: 449945, member: 197 wrote: Do it. I dare you.
James Fleming, post: 449961, member: 136 wrote: https://nevadapossumfanciersgazette.blogspot.com
We are going to need to see some serious content before you get real credit for this.
Mark Mayer, post: 449920, member: 424 wrote: I was in the field in Oklahoma one fine spring day. I pointed out a freshly dead squirrel in the road to my party chief and jokingly suggest we light a campfire and roast it up for lunch. Missing the tone, he proceeded to explain to me, quite seriously, that it was an hour or two too ripe, but if we had been along a little earlier in the day...
Depends on the weather...
James Fleming, post: 449961, member: 136 wrote: https://nevadapossumfanciersgazette.blogspot.com
Bully (as in an expression of admiration or approval. ??he got away??bully for him").
Mark Mayer, post: 449965, member: 424 wrote: We are going to need to see some serious content before you get real credit for this.
??Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It's no coincidence we call them 'deadlines.?
Tom Robbins
I'm thinking commonplace
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book
Ah'm Ah'll hung up at "beg poordin?".
Mebbe he whas Hurd 'O hearin'!
😉
James Fleming, post: 449991, member: 136 wrote: I'm thinking commonplace
I'd probably follow that.
