...tucked away in the ‘news’ it seems a big boat’s bumped into a bridge in Baltimore. Wot I thought, having worked on mans boats in my youth, was why a big boat like that was allowed to circumnavigate a big bridge like that, a bridge that has no collision protection around its supports, without being accompanied, in case of emergencies, by at least one push-me pull-me until clear of the bridge. Or - reaches for tin foil hat - is there more to this incident that’s not suitable for public release?
Quote; Mehmet Murat ildan.
“If you want to cross a bridge that is likely to collapse, you will be disregarding not only your life but also the life of the bridge!"
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History might not repeat, but it does rhyme.
Even in this tortured way.
. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=40jUD84S7Nk
The most awesome sequal.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EXWbEW4OvW0
No wonder he was called "Grate".
Doonhamer,
Thanks for those links.
Time goes by and all repeats eventually...
Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it. Unfortunately our great leaders are an unimaginative bunch, so they dig into the past to get inspiration for their latest jolly wheezes.
I too would like to thank Doonhammer for the links. It is always nice to hear the voice of John Laurie. And why is it that Scots speak English so correctly and clearly? Much more betterer than what we literally English do.
Andy5759,
And thus we progress from we’ll learn from our mistakes to lessons will be learned to the real meaning of those and that’s, there goes another one just like the other one....
English you say? With a generation that’s, like, terrified of that, like, full-stop and type on their phones in pidgin English? Never mind, the way the country’s going English will be the second or third language in a phew years time...
Andy5759. Scots and the Queen's English, as was called when I was at school.
All Scottish children speak two languages. Then. Now who knows?
Proper English, with proper grammar and proper pronunciation in the classroom. Or else. There was always the tawse. Perhaps teachers and parents knew that the only way a poor Scot child was going to get on in the world was to be understood easily. The dialects are incomprehensible. Even in adjoining regions.
At all other times it was the local dialect and pronounciation. This bi-bilingualism is invaluable in later lives. A Scot, without being mocking, can adapt his/her accent to match any acquintance, and can also understand strange English. Look at how Scottish actors can play any nationality. And Scottish singers can sound like native C&W right up until when they stop singing and speak.
It used to be thought that the people from up north, Aberdeenshire, had the perfect Queens English, almost accentless.
Doonhamer, Andy5759,
With all this talk of language and the Scottish accent, I was reminded of wot an electrician I worked with, who used to serve on nuclear subs, mentioned regards the Scottish army, wot they referred to - in a complimentary manner - as Jocks in frocks with daggers down their socks. Love it.
Finally, may I humbly direct you to the left side Foggy Mirror frame where doing a click on In Memory may interest you... Is that where I inherited the idea of attempting correct grammar from??
Doonhammer, you are correct in stating that Scots actors can play any nationality. The exception to prove the rule must be Sean Connery who played a Russian sub commander and a Spanish conquistador, both with Scottish akshentsh.
Andy5759.Some actors are employed to act, some are paid to confirm the stereotype. Sean could act but he had reached the age and wealth where he / his agent could say "Jusht give ush the money and I will shpeak any way you wantsh me to." There are a few other actors do that. They are called Stars. John Wayne?
My moniker. Not Downhammer. I hail from SW Scotland and I naturally speak Galloway-Irish. Akin to what Burns spoke. Doon = down. Hame = home. Other Scots mock us for always referring to the area of our being raised as "doon hame", and as is the way - Desert Rats, Devils in skirts, Ladies from Hell - we adopt the name with pride. Doonhamers.
An aside.
Up North the folk around Aberdeen are known as the "Furry Boots folk." Again it is an accent / dialect thing. Much as London Eastenders pronounce " th" as "f". e.g. Oi fink Oi'm fick." the NW Scots pronounce " where" as "furr", via "whurr". And "from" as "frae". "abouts" becomes " aboots". So on meeting a stranger the question is "Whereabouts are you from?" which comes out as " Furry boots are ye frae? "
Isn't dialect / accent a great thing. Long may they live. And it is easy to see how different languages evolve, especially in the absence of writing and the bicycle to expand the gene pool.
My dad said that the bicycle was the greatest invention ever, he was from Lincolnshire and got his first bike as an adolescent.
I thought that I spoke without an accent until I got my first job in London, just twenty odd miles down the A5. I quickly acquired the nickname Farmer. The Snorbans accent has all but disappeared now. Replaced by Southeast drawls and the affected melange of those whose first language is not English. I suppose the youngsters think it's cool because they hear it on most TV commercials.
My bowls club captain, an Aberdonian, will no doubt be delighted when I refer to him as a Furry Boot.
OK. I give up. Snorbans? Que?
I have worked in Stevenage, Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans, Frogmore, Farnborough.
Unless it is a distortion of Saint Albans. The way the locals say it.
Like up here Anstruther is Ainster to the locals.
Thanks for the crack. Or as posers say "craic".
Anonymous,
And increasingly we need to deal with pidgin English getting thrown at us...
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