Fred Dibnah is from Bolton and there's a world of difference between there and Cheshire where some people have a Liverpool twang, others a Manchester twang and some a Cheshire accent while others are as posh as Sloanes.
I learned my English in Lancashire, Manchester, Cheshire and have Geordie grand-parents, aunts, uncles, cousins etc we visited regularly when I was growing up so have a mutable English accent and now I speak a lot of French but I can't roll an R to save my life in either language or when I try my Flemish which is more guttural than Dutch but fundamentally the same language. I know French speakers here who think Flemish is an affliction of the throat.
Lots of Flemish/Dutch/Danish influence in Geordie speak. I have been here 25 years and still can't pronounce the French for frog comme il faut. Possum has me in stitches when she tries my northern expressions - eg Put wood in thole - because she speaks a mixture of BBC and Disney English.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
How about "The Mad Hatters." or Le Chapelier Fou Based on the mad hatters tea party in Alice in Wonderland. Waitresses dressed as Alice. Proper tea service... china teapots. and cups and saucers. Out of fashion now, so China tea services are available quite cheap on ebay or through local auctions, or charity shops. I'm assuming that the French know the story of Alice in Wonderland. I would have thought Disney would have sorted that.
Not sure about waffle - they tend to come in two main forms and both and Belgian - Bruxelles which is light and often eaten with chocolate or fruit with cream and Liège which is heavier and eaten on its own as street food. Possum's dream kitchen would have a waffle iron and a chocolate fountain.
I'd go for a punny name as the place needs to appeal to locals who will become regulars and not just be busy in the main tourist season.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Re OH's granny - we're wondering whether she travelled to Cheshire from elsewhere ... possibly to marry OH's grandfather ... no one in the family seems to know ... OH's late father was a singleton and there seem to be no paternal cousins, uncles etc who might know ........ it's one of life's mysteries.
Certainly OH's maternal granny who also lived in Cheshire didn't have the gutteral 'R;.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Fred Dibnah is from Bolton and there's a world of difference between there and Cheshire where some people have a Liverpool twang, others a Manchester twang and some a Cheshire accent while others are as posh as Sloanes.
I learned my English in Lancashire, Manchester, Cheshire and have Geordie grand-parents, aunts, uncles, cousins etc we visited regularly when I was growing up so have a mutable English accent and now I speak a lot of French but I can't roll an R to save my life in either language or when I try my Flemish which is more guttural than Dutch but fundamentally the same language. I know French speakers here who think Flemish is an affliction of the throat.
Lots of Flemish/Dutch/Danish influence in Geordie speak. I have been here 25 years and still can't pronounce the French for frog comme il faut. Possum has me in stitches when she tries my northern expressions - eg Put wood in thole - because she speaks a mixture of BBC and Disney English.
Or 'T42' Lantana....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Great to hear your news DD. Hope it all goes well for you.
How about "The Mad Hatters." or Le Chapelier Fou Based on the mad hatters tea party in Alice in Wonderland. Waitresses dressed as Alice. Proper tea service... china teapots. and cups and saucers. Out of fashion now, so China tea services are available quite cheap on ebay or through local auctions, or charity shops. I'm assuming that the French know the story of Alice in Wonderland. I would have thought Disney would have sorted that.
I work with two French people and we speak to them in "French" all the time. Their ears are nearly bleeding by the end of the day.
Just to say, Hosta and Fairy, that LOUGH is pronounced LOFF in Northumberland. (Just to confuse things further...)
Lantana, Realy Try Le' regrettez' and what ever you want to add...
I regret how some people are behaing of late towards other nations workers living ere..That is soo wrong on every level..
we do do rather a lot of it dont we?
A A Milne
Not sure about waffle - they tend to come in two main forms and both and Belgian - Bruxelles which is light and often eaten with chocolate or fruit with cream and Liège which is heavier and eaten on its own as street food. Possum's dream kitchen would have a waffle iron and a chocolate fountain.
I'd go for a punny name as the place needs to appeal to locals who will become regulars and not just be busy in the main tourist season.
Re OH's granny - we're wondering whether she travelled to Cheshire from elsewhere ... possibly to marry OH's grandfather ... no one in the family seems to know ... OH's late father was a singleton and there seem to be no paternal cousins, uncles etc who might know ........ it's one of life's mysteries.
Certainly OH's maternal granny who also lived in Cheshire didn't have the gutteral 'R;.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.