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Curmudgeon' s Corner. I blame it on the heat. (2)

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I bet it isn't!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    LauraRoslin said:
    That could really get you into trouble.
    Yes, I know that NOW :blush:
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Nah! But talkie walkie is French for walkie talkie and a half moon window is un watisdas.
    Rutland, England
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Fairygirl said:
    But real Scotsmen don't wear pants, r'girl, so perhaps that's why the mix up arises. Maybe predictive text simply can't cope with the vagaries of the Scots in general  ;)

    I shudder to think what the voice recognition thingies make of a Glaswegian accent .....
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    'Ach - away an' bile yer heid, hen'

    Try putting that into a translation website and see what it comes up with , r'girl  :D
    I'm afraid I often don't understand Glaswegians either  :D

    Perhaps looking at this might help though :
    The inimitable Stanley Baxter 

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=stanley+baxter+parliamo+glasgow+quotes&rlz=1C1ASUT_enGB530GB530&oq=stanley+baxter+parliamo+glasgow&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0.9541j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Sorry. I meant vasisdas not watisdas. 

    I’m reminded of the Charles V quote ‘I speak Spanish to God, French to men, Italian to women and German to my horse.’
    Rutland, England
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Quelle smartarse 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LauraRoslinLauraRoslin Posts: 496
    raisingirl said:
    LauraRoslin said:
    That could really get you into trouble.
    Yes, I know that NOW :blush:

    :D 
    I wish I was a glow worm
    A glow worm's never glum
    Cos how can you be grumpy
    When the sun shines out your bum!
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    @Fairygirl.
    I remember an interview with Stanley Baxter talking about being in a sort of " aint half hot mum" theatre group during his time serving in the navy during the war. 
    They rescued a man who'd fallen overboard and got him onto their ship.
    " Did you have to drag him up on board?" 
    " No....... we left him in his civvies"
    Genius.
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Hostafan1 said:
    They rescued a man who'd fallen overboard and got him onto their ship.
    " Did you have to drag him up on board?" 
    " No....... we left him in his civvies"
    Genius.
    I laughed out loud at that  :D
    He really was special. My favourite was 'erra perra pears oana cherr oerrerr' 
    I can translate for anyone who needs it  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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