RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2018 Now I was once told that although the colonists made great use of place-names from the old country, no-where in the US will you find a place called Loughborough, as speakers of Armeican English would have to pronounce it Looga-barooga. (Unfortunately disproved - I came across Loughborough as a street-name in Maryland.) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Must also be the same American that asked his guide when shown Buckingham Palace "And what exactly is this place fella ? " to which his guide explained- "Oh, it's nothing special really, just temporary shelter for the homeless until they can find somewhere better " Oh" countered the Yank "And who are all those guys in uniforms and furry hats marching up and down and stamping their feet ?" "They" explained the guide "Are the homeless trying to keep warm in DHSS cold weather clothing " Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted January 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2018 Depends on the subject I s'pose. Certain parts of the Biology Curriculum are very, very interesting for 14 y/o boys (more so if Practice lessons are involved ) But maybe not. They could be bored sh1tless! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lRGIkLEYoA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 (edited) How about that Aussie that wanted to visit his ancestral home in Norfolk and ended up in Virginia... Or the Italian couple who booked a holiday to Sydney through a travel agency and ended up on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia: http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/nova-scotia/italian-tourists-end-up-in-wrong-sydney-1.975605 Edited January 5, 2018 by pH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Now I was once told that although the colonists made great use of place-names from the old country, no-where in the US will you find a place called Loughborough, as speakers of Armeican English would have to pronounce it Looga-barooga. (Unfortunately disproved - I came across Loughborough as a street-name in Maryland.) Mispronouncing names from the UK doesn't stop people from using them. Two streets away from us is Elgin Street - pronounced "Eljin". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted January 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2018 Or the Italian couple who booked a holiday to Sydney through a travel agency and ended up on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia: http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/nova-scotia/italian-tourists-end-up-in-wrong-sydney-1.975605 I once met someone on a long distance train in the US - his company had put him on a flight to an airport with the right name but in the wrong state. Then the airport closed due to snow. Fortunately he'd arrived on one of the three days of the week that the train passed through. (It wasn't much snow, but this was far enough South that they were about as good at dealing with it as we are in the UK, and for the same reason). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefromacrossthepond Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Now I was once told that although the colonists made great use of place-names from the old country, no-where in the US will you find a place called Loughborough, as speakers of Armeican English would have to pronounce it Looga-barooga. (Unfortunately disproved - I came across Loughborough as a street-name in Maryland.) As an aside, I find it so fascinating that so many place names here in the states are those of UK. Yes, the reason makes sense, but I still think it is so cool. Because of that, I obtain PO wagons that are from places I grew up near - Monmouth, Marlboro, Shrewsbury etc. or near where I live now - Newport, Exeter (amazing that the town herald of Exeter RI is nearly identical to the Exeter in Devon), Warwick, Worcester etc. Yeah, the result is that I end up with a collection of wagons that make no logical sense, but they do make me smile quite a lot which is, after all, the goal. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2018 How about that Aussie that wanted to visit his ancestral home in Norfolk and ended up in Virginia... Relitively speaking of course, well it is Norfolk where Bob's not only your uncle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tersono Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 How about that Aussie that wanted to visit his ancestral home in Norfolk and ended up in Virginia... Who’s Virginia? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Who’s Virginia? The local wolf...... Ok I'm outta here, before somebody clocks me one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted January 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2018 The local wolf...... Ok I'm outta here, before somebody clocks me one. You're not afraid of her, I hope. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 My wife just stopped, and said “You weren’t even listening, were you?” I thought to myself, “That’s a very strange way to start a conversation......”. Brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted January 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2018 My wife just stopped, and said “You weren’t even listening, were you?” I thought to myself, “That’s the third time she's started this conversation......”. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Turpin Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 My wife just stopped, and said “You weren’t even listening, were you?” I thought to myself, “That’s a very strange way to start a conversation......”. Brit15 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Or the Italian couple who booked a holiday to Sydney through a travel agency and ended up on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia: http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/nova-scotia/italian-tourists-end-up-in-wrong-sydney-1.975605 Or when I had not been working long at Stratford (East London) on an infrastructure project, wearing my yellow vest, an American couple came up to me and asked how to get to Cambridge Heath. I knew Cambridge pretty well, and knew of Heath Road there, so I sent them to Liverpool Street for a train to Cambridge. Apparently they came back several hours later, looking for me....... (For those not familiar, Cambridge Heath is a station just a few miles from Stratford. I had never heard of it). Allegedly, many Americans have ended up wandering Heath Road apparently, previously having asked for directions to what they thought was an airport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Al51 Posted January 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6, 2018 My wife just stopped, and said “You weren’t even listening, were you?” I thought to myself, “That’s strange, I haven't got a wife!" Al 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted January 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6, 2018 Or when I had not been working long at Stratford (East London) on an infrastructure project, wearing my yellow vest, an American couple came up to me and asked how to get to Cambridge Heath. I knew Cambridge pretty well, and knew of Heath Road there, so I sent them to Liverpool Street for a train to Cambridge. Apparently they came back several hours later, looking for me....... (For those not familiar, Cambridge Heath is a station just a few miles from Stratford. I had never heard of it). Allegedly, many Americans have ended up wandering Heath Road apparently, previously having asked for directions to what they thought was an airport. And then there's Abbey Road station on the DLR... https://www.london-walking-tours.co.uk/secret-london/abbey-road-station.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co-tr-Paul Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 My wife just came up to me and said " who are you ? " .... . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 INDIAN CURRY RHAPSODY Naan, just killed a manpoppadom against his headHad lime pickle now he's dead.Naan, dinner's just begunBut now I'm gonna crap it all away.Naan, ooh, oohDidn't mean to make you crySeen nothing yet just see the loo tomorrowCurry on, curry onCause nothing really Madras.Too late, my dinner's goneSends shivers down my spineRectum aching all the timeGoodbye onion bhaji, I've got to goGotta leave you all behind and use the loo.Naan, ooh, oohThis doopiaza is so mildI sometimes wish we'd never come here at all....guitar solo...I see a little chicken tikka on the sideRogan Josh, Rogan Josh, pass the chutney made of mangoVindaloo does nicelyVery very spicyMeat!Byriani (Byriani)Byriani (Byriani)Byriani and a naan(A vindaloo loo loo loo)I've eaten balti, somebody help meHe's eaten balti, get him to the lavatoryStand you well back'Case the loo is quarantined...Here it comesThere it goesTechnicolor yawnI chunderNo!It's coming up again(There he goes)I chunder, it's coming back again (There he goes)Coming back again (up again)Here it comes again.(No no no no no no NO)On my knees, I'm on my kneesOn his knees, Oh, there he goesThis vindalooIs about to wreck my gutsPoor me.. poor me...poor meee!...guitar solo...So you think you can chunder and then feel alright?So you try to eat curry and drink beer all night?Oh maybe, But now you'll puke like a babyJust had to come outIt just had to come right out in here....guitar solo...slow bit...Korma, sag or bhunabhaji, balti or naanNothing makes a differenceNothing makes a differenceTo meee....Anyway, the wind blows....shshshsh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Bernard Lamb Posted January 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7, 2018 And then there's Abbey Road station on the DLR... https://www.london-walking-tours.co.uk/secret-london/abbey-road-station.htm Which is of course the real Abbey Road, the abbey in question being Stratford Langthorne Abbey, one of the richest monastic settlement in the country who, at one time controlled the supply of bread to most of London. At one time my daughter lived about 1/2 a mile south of the Beatles crossing and at this time SWMBO drove a Beetle. Every time she approached the crossing she would be stopped by tourists, mostly Japanese who wanted a photograph of a Beetle at the Beatles crossing. As for place names I still regard the place you pass through if you walk from Abbey Road to Bow as Bromley. Pandering to the primitive folk south of the river. Bernard 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 The CIA needed a new assassin. They opened a position for that kind of an agent. After all the background checks, interviews and testing were completed, they had narrowed the field down to three possible agents. For the final test, the CIA agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun. “We must know that you will follow your instructions no matter what the conditions.” CIA agent talked: “Inside the room you will find your wife sitting on a chair… We need you to kill her.” Candidate man said, “You can’t be serious. I could never shoot my wife.” CIA agent replied, “Then you’re not the right man for this job. Take your wife and go home.” The second candidate man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about five minutes. The man came out with tears in his eyes, “I tried, but I can’t kill my wife.” The agent said, “You don’t know what you are missing. Take your wife and go home.” Finally, the last candidate man was given the same instructions, to kill his wife. He took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard, one after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls. After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the man, wiping the sweat from his forehead. “Some imbecile loaded the gun with blanks” he said. “I had to strangle that bitch to death.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Diet - Day 1 I have removed all of the bad food from the house this morning. It was absolutely delicious! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted January 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7, 2018 Just been reading the new items list from Bachmann. Got me thinking its time to build a wildlife train for my layout. Consist to include, parrot, mermaid, sea urchin, salmon, sheep, baa, toad and a tea tank to quench everyone’s thirst. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Just been reading the new items list from Bachmann. Got me thinking its time to build a wildlife train for my layout. Consist to include, parrot, mermaid, sea urchin, salmon, sheep, baa, toad and a tea tank to quench everyone’s thirst. You could go for quite a rake here, just to include the GWR ones ('cos it's what I know!) in alphabetical order:- Beaver, Beetle, Bloater, Crocodile, Fish, Gadfly, Macaw, Mayfly, Mink, Mite, Ox, Python, Serpent & Tadpole. Not forgetting Turbot as well! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted January 7, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2018 With a toad bringing up the rear. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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