What makes you think of England?
Jan 11th, 2006, 05:44 AM
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Oh Patrick, now you've started a whole other train of thought with those electric milk trucks...;-)
Thanks for the link hanl -- after I posted my message I went to the Beeb site to check, and found it. Sadly, at work I can't open the media file: will have to try it at home. (I thought the map was good -- I never knew where some of those strange-sounding places were).
This thread and the one about the Caroline Fox book are more entertaining than work this morning...
Thanks for the link hanl -- after I posted my message I went to the Beeb site to check, and found it. Sadly, at work I can't open the media file: will have to try it at home. (I thought the map was good -- I never knew where some of those strange-sounding places were).
This thread and the one about the Caroline Fox book are more entertaining than work this morning...
Jan 11th, 2006, 11:58 AM
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Sheep.
I wouldn't even want to hazard a guess as to how many sheep we say in the Lake District and Yorkshire.
Beer.
Every time I walk past the beer cooler in a store here, I look at all of that icy-cold beer, and think of how great a warmish pint of real ale would be (and think 'yuck' about the icy-cold stuff).
BIG monstrous SUVs in towns, and rising gas prices.
Makes me think of those practical little cute autos that seem to exist only in the UK.
I wouldn't even want to hazard a guess as to how many sheep we say in the Lake District and Yorkshire.
Beer.
Every time I walk past the beer cooler in a store here, I look at all of that icy-cold beer, and think of how great a warmish pint of real ale would be (and think 'yuck' about the icy-cold stuff).
BIG monstrous SUVs in towns, and rising gas prices.
Makes me think of those practical little cute autos that seem to exist only in the UK.
Jan 11th, 2006, 12:00 PM
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PalQ,
shouldn't that be 'scattered showers and sunny spells'?
I used to know a poem about weather forecasting but the only verses I can really remember are the first
"You know the optimistic chap
Who stands before the weather map
What he endearingly foretells is
Scattered showers and sunny spells"
over the next few verses the weather gets progressively worse - until,
"So when the hurricane hits our shores
And loud and fierce the tempest roars
Above the hurricane he yells
"It’s scattered showers and sunny spells"
What is Michael Fish up to these days?
shouldn't that be 'scattered showers and sunny spells'?
I used to know a poem about weather forecasting but the only verses I can really remember are the first
"You know the optimistic chap
Who stands before the weather map
What he endearingly foretells is
Scattered showers and sunny spells"
over the next few verses the weather gets progressively worse - until,
"So when the hurricane hits our shores
And loud and fierce the tempest roars
Above the hurricane he yells
"It’s scattered showers and sunny spells"
What is Michael Fish up to these days?
Jan 11th, 2006, 01:28 PM
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>>Music by people who could only be English; Billy Bragg; Ray Davies and the Kinks; Richard Thompson; Viv Stanshall; Neil Innes.<<
Not Prefab Sprout, David?
>>Carols from Kings College Cambridge<<
Yes, and John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers as well.
Shakespeare
Jane Austen
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkien
Patrick O'Brian
Lee Ann
Not Prefab Sprout, David?
>>Carols from Kings College Cambridge<<
Yes, and John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers as well.
Shakespeare
Jane Austen
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkien
Patrick O'Brian
Lee Ann
Jan 12th, 2006, 05:15 AM
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Phrases seldom heard in the US:
"Cheers" used instead of Thank You.
"Sorry" used instead of Excuse Me.
"Brilliant". I last heard Brilliant used by a much overworked airport attendant when I finally found my flight itinerary to present to her and she could shuffle me along. I still bring back that simple phrase when I close my eyes & long to be on my way through Heathrow for a visit to London.
"Cheers" used instead of Thank You.
"Sorry" used instead of Excuse Me.
"Brilliant". I last heard Brilliant used by a much overworked airport attendant when I finally found my flight itinerary to present to her and she could shuffle me along. I still bring back that simple phrase when I close my eyes & long to be on my way through Heathrow for a visit to London.
Jan 12th, 2006, 06:54 AM
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Veering slightly OT: Bruce, we've been enjoying the recent Guinness commercials where a couple of well-meaning yet clueless cartoon guys come up with a "great" idea* that is greeted with cries of "Brilliant!" It has a definite Pythonesque flavor we enjoy
*Most recent version has them putting Limburger cheese on their heads so that they will blend in at a football game.
*Most recent version has them putting Limburger cheese on their heads so that they will blend in at a football game.
Jan 13th, 2006, 02:31 AM
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One of those words with meanings that go in and out of fashion - for one use, see:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/fastshow...rilliant.shtml
But it can also be used sarcastically, much like Hyacinth Bucket's brother-in-law Onslow's "Oh nice!!!"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/fastshow...rilliant.shtml
But it can also be used sarcastically, much like Hyacinth Bucket's brother-in-law Onslow's "Oh nice!!!"
Jan 13th, 2006, 06:32 AM
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Alya, you quote a poem that I've been trying to find. The one that goes:
"You know the optimistic chap
Who stands before the weather map
What he endearingly foretells is
Scattered showers and sunny spells"
Nothing came up on Google. Any ideas where to find the whole thing? Title, or who wrote it? (Sounds a bit like John Betjeman, maybe?)
"You know the optimistic chap
Who stands before the weather map
What he endearingly foretells is
Scattered showers and sunny spells"
Nothing came up on Google. Any ideas where to find the whole thing? Title, or who wrote it? (Sounds a bit like John Betjeman, maybe?)
Jan 13th, 2006, 09:25 AM
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I first heard of the Shipping Forecast from Mrs. Bale, As Time Goes By.
Trying to fix a decent cup of tea
Visiting the British food shop
Green rolling hills, esp if misty
Britcoms/PBS Mystery/Masterpiece Theatre
Mother's family in England
Trying to fix a decent cup of tea
Visiting the British food shop
Green rolling hills, esp if misty
Britcoms/PBS Mystery/Masterpiece Theatre
Mother's family in England
Jan 13th, 2006, 02:33 PM
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I don't know who the author is but every year when I was a 'little one' I got a book of poems from Santa - its the one poem I can remember if only partially
I know a new book was published every year and all the poems had 'Kinkade' ish illustrations.
I'm racking my brain and came up with another snippet.
"but still he stands and still he dwells
on scattered showers and sunny spells"
Sorry!
I don't know who the author is but every year when I was a 'little one' I got a book of poems from Santa - its the one poem I can remember if only partially
I know a new book was published every year and all the poems had 'Kinkade' ish illustrations.
I'm racking my brain and came up with another snippet.
"but still he stands and still he dwells
on scattered showers and sunny spells"
Sorry!
