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A family of @thehangingtree's relatives was from way back in the hills of Arkansas, so far that their zip code was EIEIO. One day, they visited the big city, St. Louis. They marveled at all the strange things they saw, that they’d never heard of, or imagined.

Coming up to the mammoth Gateway Arch of gleaming stainless steel (the largest stainless steel monument in the world), they watched an old lady totter to one of the bases and into a small room with sliding doors. A couple of minutes later, the doors opened and a very attractive young lady emerged. The hillbilly man turned to his sons, and hoarsely ordered “Go fetch yer maw!”
 
OMG! We should have seen this coming years ago. Nicola's BDSM dungeon underneath the Castle! (I hear @Eulalia was a design consultant). Watch out @phlebas ! Sydney will soon be tartan.
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Notice how the SNP guards look like neo-nazis.
Strange for me who have been to Ireland more often, this dialect is easier to understand than most English dialects!
 
Sometimes, skills learned elsewhere come in handy.......


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A bit of linguistic nostalgia.
For the Nordic or British here, you are surely familiar with the term Viking (you binge-watched the series?) Did you know that before 1820, no English-speaking person used that word to describe those Norse invaders who ravaged not only the British Isles but many parts of Europe? The term used for them was Danes, the “Deniscan” of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. They weren't always from Denmark, the term applied to any Norse - then as now, one breed of a foreigner was much the same as another to a Yorkshireman.

So, what happened in 1820? That year, the Reverend John Jamieson (I wonder what kin of Whisky he drank?), the great scholar of Scottish literary history, best known for authoring the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language. In 1820, he published editions of John Barbour’s “The Bruce” and Blind Harry’s “Wallace,” two biographical poems. The word Viking appeared in his notes on the former.
Jamieson likely derived this use (as a known for the raiders) from the Old Norse cognate, vikingr. But a vikingr wasn’t a person — it was something a person did, an expedition of piracy. You weren’t a Vikingr, you were someone who went on a vikingr.

I'm sure this will be old hat to @Eulalia , though it was new to me.
 
A bit of linguistic nostalgia.
For the Nordic or British here, you are surely familiar with the term Viking (you binge-watched the series?) Did you know that before 1820, no English-speaking person used that word to describe those Norse invaders who ravaged not only the British Isles but many parts of Europe? The term used for them was Danes, the “Deniscan” of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. They weren't always from Denmark, the term applied to any Norse - then as now, one breed of a foreigner was much the same as another to a Yorkshireman.

So, what happened in 1820? That year, the Reverend John Jamieson (I wonder what kin of Whisky he drank?), the great scholar of Scottish literary history, best known for authoring the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language. In 1820, he published editions of John Barbour’s “The Bruce” and Blind Harry’s “Wallace,” two biographical poems. The word Viking appeared in his notes on the former.
Jamieson likely derived this use (as a known for the raiders) from the Old Norse cognate, vikingr. But a vikingr wasn’t a person — it was something a person did, an expedition of piracy. You weren’t a Vikingr, you were someone who went on a vikingr.

I'm sure this will be old hat to @Eulalia , though it was new to me.
Good to know that Leeds is 'sofistickated'
 
The wife of a prominent CF member in the UK went on vacation by herself while he stayed home to chat online.
She goes on a vacation to Jamaica. Upon arriving, she meets a bla*ck man & after a night of passionate love making, She asks him, 'What is your name?'
'I can't tell you,' the bla*ck man says.
Every night they met & every night, she would ask him what his name was & he would always respond the same, he can't tell her.
On her last night, there she asked him again 'Can you please tell me your name?'
'I can't tell you my name because you will laugh at me.' says the man.
'There is no reason for me to laugh at you,' the lady says.
'Fine, my name is Snow!' the bla*ck man replies.
And the lady burst into laughter & the man got mad & said, 'I knew you would make fun of it'.
The lady replied, 'I'm not making fun of your name. I'm thinking of my husband who won't believe me when I tell him that I enjoyed 10 inches of Snow everyday in Jamaica..'.........
 
The wife of a prominent CF member in the UK went on vacation by herself while he stayed home to chat online.
She goes on a vacation to Jamaica. Upon arriving, she meets a bla*ck man & after a night of passionate love making, She asks him, 'What is your name?'
'I can't tell you,' the bla*ck man says.
Every night they met & every night, she would ask him what his name was & he would always respond the same, he can't tell her.
On her last night, there she asked him again 'Can you please tell me your name?'
'I can't tell you my name because you will laugh at me.' says the man.
'There is no reason for me to laugh at you,' the lady says.
'Fine, my name is Snow!' the bla*ck man replies.
And the lady burst into laughter & the man got mad & said, 'I knew you would make fun of it'.
The lady replied, 'I'm not making fun of your name. I'm thinking of my husband who won't believe me when I tell him that I enjoyed 10 inches of Snow everyday in Jamaica..'.........
So much better than the older cornier version.
Two friends were chatting, and one said "I haven`t seen your wife lately."
"No, she`s on holiday in the West Indies,"
"Jamaica?"
"No, she went of her free will."
 
I think the Ayrshire coast is lovely.
It's all fake news about the climate on the Ayrshire coast -
take it from the man who owns it

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“There is a cooling, and there’s a heating. I mean, look, it used to not be climate change, it used to be global warming. That wasn’t working too well because it was getting too cold all over the place.”
 
It's all fake news about the climate on the Ayrshire coast -
take it from the man who owns it

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“There is a cooling, and there’s a heating. I mean, look, it used to not be climate change, it used to be global warming. That wasn’t working too well because it was getting too cold all over the place.”
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OMG - this is so in touch with a major joy of my childhood. I had a Lionel set and played with it for countless hours of euphoria.
I swear that several of the photos of towheaded, crewcut boys are me!
 
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It's all fake news about the climate on the Ayrshire coast -
take it from the man who owns it

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“There is a cooling, and there’s a heating. I mean, look, it used to not be climate change, it used to be global warming. That wasn’t working too well because it was getting too cold all over the place.”
Whenever I see that 'person' I can never decide if I should laugh, cry, or utter profane language.
 
A rare clip from @old slave's day at the beach as a laddie.

For those unfamiliar with a UK beach, the summer ocean temp is around 15C (60F) Brrrrrr!!!

Here in Myrtle beach it's mostly over 28C!

Hay, but they like it, there - Nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy!
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