SamTherapy opened this issue on Jul 13, 2012 · 114 posts
SamTherapy posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 1:38 PM
There are a few of us here but I thought it'd be interesting to have a "roll call". Real name is optional. I'll start:
Paul Bellamy aka SamTherapy. Born Sheffield, UK. Now living in Wath, UK.
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PhilC posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 1:44 PM
Phil Cooke aka PhilC born in Ilford, Essex UK now living in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, USA.
Snarlygribbly posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 1:49 PM
Royston, aka Snarlygribbly
Born Torquay, Devon, now living in Bideford.
Have enjoyed meeting up with fellow Brit Poser users such as mysticeagle and 3anson, and would be keen to meet up with more if possible.
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Khai-J-Bach posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 2:03 PM
Chris aka Khai
Born in London, now living in Chatham (but still working in london and gods I hate the fracking olympics....)
hornet3d posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 2:08 PM
Quote - Chris aka Khai
Born in London, now living in Chatham (but still working in london and gods I hate the fracking olympics....)
Paul Bennett aka Hornet3d. Born in Wimbledon thus being an original Womble and now living in Swindon that has only one claim to fame - it has the magic roundabout. As to the olympics I am firmly with Chris.
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TheOwl posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 2:15 PM
You guys should be meeting face to face.
Make a Meetup.com group or something.
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vilters posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 2:24 PM
Tony Vilters, as Vilters :-)
Sorry guys, my name is my name, and will stay my name.
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toastie posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 2:33 PM
Toastie. AKA Toastie.
Born: On the coast with the sheep in West Wales. Living: Up in the hills with the sheep on the Welsh marches.
Not the sociable, meeting-up type I'm afraid. 
SamTherapy posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 2:51 PM
Although I'd be interested in meeting up with any of you guys, that isn't the purpose of the thread. Purely curiosity; to see how many of us there are here. :)
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Blackhearted posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 2:55 PM
i eat crumpets in the morning and have a jar of Marmite in my cupboard, does that count for anything?
SamTherapy posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 3:03 PM
No, it just means you're weird. ;)
Marmite is vile. :D
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lesbentley posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 3:18 PM
Les Bentley a.k.a. lesbentley. Born Blackburn Lancashire, now living in North Wales.
P.S.
Sam, I loved that Steinbeck book about Wath.
SamTherapy posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 3:42 PM
Quote - Sam, I loved that Steinbeck book about Wath.
:lol:
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3anson posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 4:21 PM
Andy, born in Cornwall, and still living there ( only time i have not is when away working as a trawlerman out of Oban and Mallaig ( west coast of Scotland)
Gremalkyn posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 5:19 PM
I have tea at tea time (and w/e I feel like it), but biscuits are served with gravy. :p
Mom loved her trip to the UK and Ireland - I would like to go some time and see where our ancestors lived.
mrsparky posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 8:55 PM
You can call me Al... thats what most folks do :) Created down south, still live there 1/2 way twixt Brighton and Pompey. Though do travel up north regularly, usually Merseyside, but next time Blackpool. And yes I hate that event as well. Indeed did you know that theres restrictions on radio controlled planes or the length of camera lens. Plus even using the words like "2012, London, medals, sponsors, games" in particular ways can be illegal and could get you fined up to 20 grand!
Kendra posted Fri, 13 July 2012 at 10:47 PM
Kendra, California born and bred (with a short stint in Oregon where I met my husband). Currently in the Sierra Nevada's. :)
...... Kendra
Lully posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 2:24 AM
Lully aka Dawn, born and live and work in London and I love Marmite :)
Olympics is an expensive pain in the backside, can't wait for it to be all over and done with.
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heddheld posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 2:26 AM
Edd Wass born in 'ull an looks like I'll die here but lived in many places inbetween lol
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moriador posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 3:55 AM
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moriador posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 4:01 AM
And I'm with Sam. Marmite is vile. Utterly. I also think it may even be poisonous.
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cspear posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 4:09 AM
cspear - the c stands for Chris.
Born Co. Durham. Currently having a lazy Saturday morning in a rather dreich Edinburgh. Strong coffee and hot cross buns smeared with Marmite for breakfast. Lovely!
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toastie posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 5:23 AM
Olympics...? What Olympics....?
Autumn_Rains posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 7:56 AM
Hayley and Manchester, and yup got to agree sam, Marmite just makes you wierd...
mrsparky posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 8:16 AM
my missus likes the stuff so much I wonder if the food goes on the marmite, not the other way around :)
carodan posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 8:55 AM
Dan, Nottingham UK. I'll take marmite over mustard any day, but bovril is better.
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Khai-J-Bach posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 9:48 AM
oh alright I admit it.
my real name is The Very Reverend Ignatius Dangle, of the parish of Knockers Without....
davepriceless posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 10:28 AM
David Price aka Leestone & Davepriceless, born near Caerphilly in South Wales and now living in New Brighton, Merseyside.
Hate Marmite, but trained in Illustration under the guy who came up with the tagline "My Mate Marmite" (or so he claimed).
steveshanks posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 11:08 AM
Is tha nay geordies here, I'm 30 miles north of Newcastle, born here, lived all of the UK and some of the world but came back to the sunny North :o)......Steve
SamTherapy posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 11:28 AM
Quote - Is tha nay geordies here, I'm 30 miles north of Newcastle, born here, lived all of the UK and some of the world but came back to the sunny North :o)......Steve
Hadaway an shite, man! You caalin' my pint a puff? ;)
Not a Geordie meself but I love the slang.
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steveshanks posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 11:37 AM
Sounds like you been reading Viz LOL
SamTherapy posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 11:43 AM
Cage posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 12:16 PM
My ancestor was Welsh and apparently sent to the colonies for stealing a pig. Does that count? 
Yeah, okay. I just wanted to take part. :sad: Dang, I wish I was British. Sigh. :lol:
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SamTherapy posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 12:28 PM
Quote - Dang, I wish I was British. Sigh. :lol:
Why?
Is it for the great weather, or the wide open spaces? We've had so much rain this year, nobody has a tan; they all have rust. In all fairness, the urban sprawl hasn't taken over everywhere; we still have some lovely scenic places. You can't, however, walk from Dover to Robin Hood's home (Loxley, Sheffield) in less than a day, no matter what it says in "Prince of Thieves".
I have to be honest, I like the place for the most part. If I had a choice of anywhere in the world, though, it'd be Greece. Even though they're in the middle of an economic meltdown, I'd love to live there.
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Cage posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 12:36 PM
Why? Dunno. Maybe I'm moderately anglophilic. :unsure: Probably it's a mix of the "grass is greener" and my tendency to pay more attention to culture and pop culture than real-worldy stuff. :lol: Possibly I just sense that I'd be happier as a European in general, yet I'd still prefer to be where I know the language? Huh. Have to think about it.
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Cage can be an opinionated jerk who posts without thinking. He apologizes for this. He's honestly not trying to be a turkeyhead.
Cage had some freebies, compatible with Poser 11 and below. His Python scripts were saved at archive.org, along with the rest of the Morphography site, where they were hosted.
cspear posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 12:40 PM
Quote - Is tha nay geordies here, I'm 30 miles north of Newcastle, born here, lived all of the UK and some of the world but came back to the sunny North :o)......Steve
So you must be somewhere near Alnwick?
All my family are Geordies (Mum - Gosforth, Newcastle; Dad - Sheriff Hill, Gateshead). Luckily we escaped from Tyneside when I was 3, moved around a lot and ended up here in Edinburgh.
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FrankT posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 1:01 PM
Frank - born and raised in sunny(?) Bristol.
I don't mind marmite - I can take it or leave it really (odd I know)
Lully posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 1:31 PM
Quote - We've had so much rain this year, nobody has a tan; they all have rust.
Except the Essex lot and it's all 'tan in a can' (runs for cover) :tt2:
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steveshanks posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 3:38 PM
Very near :o) Amble, nine miles north of Alnwick......Steve
Paul Francis posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 4:44 PM
Paul Francis aka Paul Francis.....from near Newcastle but currently marooned somewhere near the Humber Bridge.
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moriador posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 7:22 PM
Quote - Why? Dunno. Maybe I'm moderately anglophilic. :unsure: Probably it's a mix of the "grass is greener" and my tendency to pay more attention to culture and pop culture than real-worldy stuff. :lol: Possibly I just sense that I'd be happier as a European in general, yet I'd still prefer to be where I know the language? Huh. Have to think about it.
Well, with the exception of certain HBO series, British TV is better. It must be. They have comedies that are actually funny, and dramas that feature actresses who really are outside of the 19-28 year age range and are sometimes almost as unattractive as the actors, Richard Armitage notwithstanding. Feels like home: TV with human beings.
Then again, maybe it's just the British few programmes that I can scrape up here that are like that.
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mrsparky posted Sat, 14 July 2012 at 7:48 PM
barrowlass posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 5:37 AM
Sheila, (username barrowlass) born in Barrow in Furness (then in Lancashire, now in Cumbria). Still here with small diversions via Blackburn, Lancs, Innsbruck, Austria and Venice among other places ;)
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Janl posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 6:04 AM
Quote - Is tha nay geordies here, I'm 30 miles north of Newcastle, born here, lived all of the UK and some of the world but came back to the sunny North :o)......Steve
I'm Jan. Born 10 miles south of Newcastle. Lived there for the first twenty something years of my life before moving south. Living around London now but even though I've lived in the south longer my heart still in the north. :lol:
raven posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 6:08 AM
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Me, noggin and narsil all found we were all fairly local to each other in this old thread when P5 came out! :)
jarm posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 6:38 AM
Jody Armstrong aka jarm
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
barrowlass posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 8:25 AM
Quote - Jody Armstrong aka jarm
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
My dad's family originated from Cambridgeshire :)
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barrowlass posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 8:25 AM
Quote - Jody Armstrong aka jarm
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
My dad's family originated from Cambridgeshire :)
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Shadowdancer posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 11:24 AM
Alan aka Shadowdancer.
Born in Norwich, living now about 22 miles from that beautiful city.
Nutty as the rest of the brits here.
:)
boggers posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 12:53 PM
Lily (one of several names). Born and bred in Richmond, Surrey. Now living in the middle of nowhere, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Lovely to see so many of my fellow Brits (and marmite lovers) here!
AGentleMuse posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 1:23 PM
Jenny, born in Winchester, spent most of my life in Southend-on-sea, (which to me is still my home) but met hubby over 10 years ago in London and now live in a small village near Colchester.
Love Bovril, hate marmite and yes I'm a bit/lot nutty too! ;)
jarm posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 1:51 PM
I'm more of a Tizer than these strange meat based drinks
SamTherapy posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 2:57 PM
Quote - ... strange meat based drinks
Only Bovril, fits into that category, I believe. Marmite is yeast. Eww.
As for Tizer... They changed the recipe twice since I was a kid. Nothing like it used to be now. :(
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jarm posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 3:36 PM
oddly enough I was just drinking a can and thinking the same thing.
monkeycloud posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 3:41 PM
Being from Scotland... and a genuine Scotch person, I only drink pureed Haggis... and a dram or two of whisky... but only if its being given away for free... I wouldn't pay for the stuff.
GhostWulf posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 4:01 PM
I'm Dave from the North East of England but NOT a geordie, lol been down to London a couple of times in what seems like another lifetime on very quick visits and people down there thought I was a geordie despite never been born there or have lived up that way.
Paul Francis posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 4:16 PM
Quote - > Quote - Is tha nay geordies here, I'm 30 miles north of Newcastle, born here, lived all of the UK and some of the world but came back to the sunny North :o)......Steve
I'm Jan. Born 10 miles south of Newcastle. Lived there for the first twenty something years of my life before moving south. Living around London now but even though I've lived in the south longer my heart still in the north. :lol:
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Eric Walters posted Sun, 15 July 2012 at 9:18 PM
Oy! Brit Isles Ancestory count? :-) Go back several generations and you'd find my ancestors in England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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lindans posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 4:02 AM
Lindans aka Linda from South Wales but travelled a lot LOL!! been here a good few years now. My ex husband was in the army a Geordie regiment LOL so also picked up the slang LOL!! I love the expression "Ah Diven't Kna" ????? ( I don't Know)
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monkeycloud posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 5:25 AM
Quote - > Quote - ... strange meat based drinks
Only Bovril, fits into that category, I believe. Marmite is yeast. Eww.
As for Tizer... They changed the recipe twice since I was a kid. Nothing like it used to be now. :(
Same with Irn Bru... as I understand it, it's no longer made from girders (iron), but instead, now, the recycled aluminium from old Irn Bru cans... LOL :lol:
...shame. This is one of my favourite Irn Bru ads to date:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=ibuLgsVcQUY
...with these two a close second and third:
SamTherapy posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 6:12 AM
Conforming to the British Stereotype, my favourite drink is tea. And, given my geographical location, it has to be Yorkshire Tea. :)
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EnglishBob posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 7:10 AM
Quote - I don't mind marmite - I can take it or leave it really (odd I know)
It isn't odd at all. That whole "love it or hate it" thing is an advertising slogan, and last time I checked, advertising slogans were about as far from the truth as it's possible to get without being sued. :)
mrsparky posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 9:44 AM
mrsparky posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 9:44 AM
monkeycloud posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 10:02 AM
Don't think they caught this guy though...?
ws99pf posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 11:27 AM
Phil
Born Lichfield, UK
Moved to USA in 94. Now living in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
Lully posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 11:53 AM
Quote - Conforming to the British Stereotype, my favourite drink is tea. And, given my geographical location, it has to be Yorkshire Tea. :)
I have to have Yorkshire gold tea, can't do anything other tea. Have to have the tea loaf cake with it YUM! :)
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EClark1894 posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 1:03 PM
Quote - Being from Scotland... and a genuine Scotch person, I only drink pureed Haggis... and a dram or two of whisky... but only if its being given away for free... I wouldn't pay for the stuff.
Hey, Cool! My webcomic is being read internationally then!
Hmm, no sign of Richard Haseltine? I know he's a Brit!
SamTherapy posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 1:30 PM
Quote - Phil
Born Lichfield, UK
Moved to USA in 94. Now living in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
I have family in Lichfield. None, as far as I know, in Illinois though.
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monkeycloud posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 1:45 PM
Quote - > Quote - Being from Scotland... and a genuine Scotch person, I only drink pureed Haggis... and a dram or two of whisky... but only if its being given away for free... I wouldn't pay for the stuff.
Hey, Cool! My webcomic is being read internationally then!
Hmm, no sign of Richard Haseltine? I know he's a Brit!
Yes indeed
How're the next issues coming along by the way?
toastie posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 4:48 PM
Quote - Dan, Nottingham UK. I'll take marmite over mustard any day, but bovril is better.
Yeah, me too. Don't drink the stuff though, I spread it very thickly on cheddar biccys. Mmmmmm :)
Drink of choice is Hobsons Mild. Lovely.
boggers posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 5:20 PM
Gin and tonic, ice and a slice and none of your slimline nonsense, please! Beautiful on a warm summer's evening - if we ever get one again!
mrsparky posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 8:53 PM
Bejaymac posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 6:22 AM
Tetley, black & 2 :P
Not a brit, I'm a Scot through and through.
I'm located about 30 miles west of where Monkeycloud is, which puts me almost half way between Glasgow & Edinburgh.
EClark1894 posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 11:13 AM
Quote - Hey, Cool! My webcomic is being read internationally then!
Yes indeed
How're the next issues coming along by the way?
Well, CricketMcGuire #2 is done actually. I just trying to wrap up Android #23.
Maybe you Brits could tell me something if it won't be hijacking the thread-- Why is it pronounced "Tims" but spelled "Thames"?
monkeycloud posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 11:42 AM
Well, being Scottish, I didn't know this either, but Wikipedia says the following:
"The river's name has always been pronounced with a simple t /t/; the Middle English spelling was typically Temese and Celtic Tamesis. The thspelling lends an air of Greek to the name and was added during the Renaissance, possibly to reflect or support a claim that the name was derived fromRiver Thyamis in the Epirus region of Greece, whence early Celtic tribes were erroneously thought to have migrated"
Sounds plausible to me
SamTherapy posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 12:53 PM
Quote - > Quote - Hey, Cool! My webcomic is being read internationally then!
Yes indeed
How're the next issues coming along by the way?
Well, CricketMcGuire #2 is done actually. I just trying to wrap up Android #23.
Maybe you Brits could tell me something if it won't be hijacking the thread-- Why is it pronounced "Tims" but spelled "Thames"?
It ain't pronounced "Tims", it's "Tems". :P
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monkeycloud posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 1:25 PM
I pronounce it more like "taembz"... I think
SamTherapy posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 3:37 PM
Yeah but you lot talk funny anyhow. ;)
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monkeycloud posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 3:48 PM
Yup... we all shound like either Sean Connery or Billy Connolly. I shound more like the former myshelf
moriador posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 4:03 PM
I always attributed all of our funny pronunciations, such as Thames, to the Norman conquest and the French. However, like many English girls, I have a shocking weakness for French accents, and am powerless before those who wield one.
Interesting to hear that the spelling may well be the result of Greek influences. I have a shocking weakness for Greek food and anyone who can cook it.
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SamTherapy posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 4:43 PM
Well, I have a shocking French accent and my Greek cooking is a bit of a shock, if that's any help. :)
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monkeycloud posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 4:48 PM
Quote - I always attributed all of our funny pronunciations, such as Thames, to the Norman conquest and the French. However, like many English girls, I have a shocking weakness for French accents, and am powerless before those who wield one.
My actual surname is a case in point of that... it's an anglicised form of a fairly uncommon Norman name... although there is a town near Warrington that bears my surname.
Although I was born in Scotland... I have to come clean, I do have at least a quarter or so of English blood in my veins
...and quite a lot of the rest is probably a mixture of Irish and Dutch for that matter... as it turns out.
monkeycloud posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 4:50 PM
Well... of course... on account of my surname... I must have some of zee French DNA too...
Miss Nancy posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 5:15 PM
in re: epirus, the ancestors of the anglo-saxons (e.g. thor of thrace) were the legendary progenitors of the hellenes, having gone south during the last ice age. when it warmed up, they went back to lower saxony and nordic regions, whence they proceeded to england. but it was long ago and nobody remembers any more. AFAIK the only ones who weren't conquered nor absorbed by them were the native picts.
SamTherapy posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 5:16 PM
You probably know Neil and I have French ancestry. Dunno about him but you can add German, Danish, Scottish, Irish, Welsh and African to mine. Probably several others too.
Speaking of Neil, ain't seen him in this thread yet. Where him go?
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monkeycloud posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 5:21 PM
Quote - You probably know Neil and I have French ancestry. Dunno about him but you can add German, Danish, Scottish, Irish, Welsh and African to mine. Probably several others too.
Speaking of Neil, ain't seen him in this thread yet. Where him go?
Dunno... but I've been working on a wee render with his chess clock in it last couple of nights... alongside building the new Tardis and trying to recreate something that might pass for vaguely resembling part of the Louvre, in 18th Century Paris... using Buckingham Palace.
EnglishBob posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 5:24 PM
Quote - ... I have a shocking weakness for French accents ... I have a shocking weakness for Greek food and anyone who can cook it.
Tu veux me faire cuire un moussaka pour toi, mademoiselle? :D
toastie posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 5:51 PM
My ancestry is nice and simple. Half Welsh and half Danish. Although family legend on the Welsh side says two brothers came from Scotland many generations back (having been almost caught once too often sheep rustling), so fled to Wales where there were plenty of sheep-rustling opportunities - and together they both married the same woman. So there's some Scottish in there somewhere.
The Danish side is pure Viking apparently ;)
monkeycloud posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 6:01 PM
Quote - > Quote - ... I have a shocking weakness for French accents ... I have a shocking weakness for Greek food and anyone who can cook it.
Tu veux me faire cuire un moussaka pour toi, mademoiselle? :D
Votre langue est très informel, non? Avez-vous une certaine familiarité précédente?
(pronounced badly, in a heavy Scots accent)
monkeycloud posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 6:03 PM
Quote - ...and together they both married the same woman. So there's some Scottish in there somewhere.
ROFLMAO :lol:
EnglishBob posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 6:12 PM
Quote - Votre langue est très informel, non? Avez-vous une certaine familiarité précédente?
Werl, it's the accent, innit? sniff Nobody said nuffink about gettin' the words right, y'know?
My French may be questionable, but I know my accent is good since I have a musical ear. I found it on the floor of a barber's shop in Penge. Bada-boom, and thank you to the highly steamed and pressed Goon Show, best of British if ever there was...
moriador posted Tue, 17 July 2012 at 10:25 PM
Quote - > Quote - > Quote - ... I have a shocking weakness for French accents ... I have a shocking weakness for Greek food and anyone who can cook it.
Tu veux me faire cuire un moussaka pour toi, mademoiselle? :D
Votre langue est très informel, non? Avez-vous une certaine familiarité précédente?
(pronounced badly, in a heavy Scots accent)
Well, Scotsmen are truly adorable, too! Though I'm not quite sure about the cuisine. However, I must confess: I haven't really experienced any authentic Scottish food personally, except for the whisky, which is exceptional. And is sustaining enough to be considered food.
Quote - Werl, it's the accent, innit? sniff Nobody said nuffink about gettin' the words right, y'know?
Indeed, since I wouldn't recognize a grammar mistake in French if it hit me on the head, it is definitely the accent that counts (Belgian, Québécois, Swiss, Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Haitian... I'm not picky.)
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monkeycloud posted Wed, 18 July 2012 at 4:16 AM
Quote - > Quote - Votre langue est très informel, non? Avez-vous une certaine familiarité précédente?
Werl, it's the accent, innit? sniff Nobody said nuffink about gettin' the words right, y'know?
My French may be questionable, but I know my accent is good since I have a musical ear. I found it on the floor of a barber's shop in Penge. Bada-boom, and thank you to the highly steamed and pressed Goon Show, best of British if ever there was...
The Goon show was slightly before my time (albeit I caught up later). It was the Goodies for me as a kid...
He he... y'know that I cheated there and used Google Translate? :biggrin:
I usually have reasonable comprehension when it comes to Latin-rooted languages... from the little bit of Latin I did at school... but unfortunately I had to drop French after O'Grade. Couldn't elect to do both French and Art at Higher... absurdly.
So my vocab is sadly lacking, past being able to ask the baker for the usual round of breakfast croissants and bread... a daily ritual when we're down in the French med.
monkeycloud posted Wed, 18 July 2012 at 4:21 AM
Quote -
Well, Scotsmen are truly adorable, too! Though I'm not quite sure about the cuisine.
The celebrity chef culture... modernisation of the mid to high end food service industry etc... has helped somewhat on the cuisine front here, I'd say...
...still, overall, outside of the main metropolis', not a patch on the quality to be found, even in some seemingly quite backwater towns, in New Zealand... in my experience...
...but, nonetheless, the lower end, battered haggis supper, with salt and brown chippy sauce on it, is still a regular winner for me
EnglishBob posted Wed, 18 July 2012 at 4:45 AM
Quote - ...not a patch on the quality to be found, even in some seemingly quite backwater towns, in New Zealand... in my experience...
And mine. Now I understand why you say "Tims" instead of "Tems". You've absorbed some Kiwi. :) (I still find myself saying "yis" when I want to answer in the affirmative, and it's nearly two years since we were in NZ.)
monkeycloud posted Wed, 18 July 2012 at 5:03 AM
He he... "Tims" is indeed the Kiwi pronounciation of "Tems".
For the record though, I say it "taembz", or possibly, indeed, "taeembzz"
EnglishBob posted Wed, 18 July 2012 at 5:39 AM
Ah, you're right, it was EClark1894 who said "Tims". Don't confuse me with the facts. :P
boggers posted Wed, 18 July 2012 at 1:22 PM
My mother says 'Tims' but she speaks proper RP, like Her Maj or Julie Andrews. I'd say 'tems' on account of going to a school that was known as Twickenham Cowsheds. Though I've noticed that living in the East Midlands for nearly 20 years has softened my vowels - or perhaps it's my age!
SamTherapy posted Wed, 18 July 2012 at 2:40 PM
Well I'm a proper Sheffield lad so I sound a bit like Sean Bean. As opposed to Mr Bean.
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who3d posted Wed, 18 July 2012 at 3:32 PM
Yet another Brit here, from the home counties :)
Janl posted Wed, 18 July 2012 at 4:12 PM
Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Is tha nay geordies here, I'm 30 miles north of Newcastle, born here, lived all of the UK and some of the world but came back to the sunny North :o)......Steve
I'm Jan. Born 10 miles south of Newcastle. Lived there for the first twenty something years of my life before moving south. Living around London now but even though I've lived in the south longer my heart still in the north. :lol:
Me from Birtley!
Sunderland :biggrin:
By the way, love cups of tea, crumpets, toasted tea cakes, stotties (which are not available in the south :( ) and the French accent.
monkeycloud posted Thu, 19 July 2012 at 2:16 AM
Hmmm... this thread, with all it's talk of tea drinking, has made me determined to switch back to drinking tea for a bit, in place of my habitual instant coffee fixes.
Tetley builders, because that's what is provided in my workplace kitchen... and I just won't have time to source some better stuff.
raven posted Thu, 19 July 2012 at 3:58 AM
And I thought Scottish cuisine was just deep-fried Mars bars and bottles of Buckfast! :)
monkeycloud posted Thu, 19 July 2012 at 4:32 AM
Quote - And I thought Scottish cuisine was just deep-fried Mars bars and bottles of Buckfast! :)
Well, yes... but the higher end eateries will arrange your deep fried mars bars in a "tower" stack, with a drizzled Buckfast jus around it.
boggers posted Thu, 19 July 2012 at 5:43 AM
Quote - And I thought Scottish cuisine was just deep-fried Mars bars and bottles of Buckfast! :)
And don't forget tablet ! Surely the chosen sweet of claymore wielders - hell even making it is hazardous!
cspear posted Thu, 19 July 2012 at 7:10 AM
Quote - And I thought Scottish cuisine was just deep-fried Mars bars and bottles of Buckfast! :)
One of my personal favourites is Cranachan: oats, cream, whisky and raspberries... it's almost healthy!
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EClark1894 posted Thu, 19 July 2012 at 11:25 AM
Quote - Ah, you're right, it was EClark1894 who said "Tims". Don't confuse me with the facts. :P
Hey, I say it like I hear it pronounced! Don't blame me if you Brits can't pronounce your own words correctly!
SamTherapy posted Thu, 19 July 2012 at 3:04 PM
Quote - > Quote - Ah, you're right, it was EClark1894 who said "Tims". Don't confuse me with the facts. :P
Hey, I say it like I hear it pronounced! Don't blame me if you Brits can't pronounce your own words correctly!
Yeah but if you're a Kiwi, you say "fush" instead of "fish" so your opinion don't count. ;)
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toastie posted Sat, 21 July 2012 at 8:19 AM
Quote - And I thought Scottish cuisine was just deep-fried Mars bars and bottles of Buckfast! :)
I'm hungry now.....
monkeycloud posted Sat, 21 July 2012 at 8:58 AM
He he. The chippie near me does a rather splendid version of that actually
DarthJ posted Sat, 21 July 2012 at 12:05 PM
I spent many holidays in the UK, mostly in Scotland and I must say Scottish food is better than English food : at least it tastes like, eh, something. Some of the ingredients you can even identify.
I guess it's what you need after a game of another Scottish invention, golf :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAodrNAt5_o
toastie posted Sun, 22 July 2012 at 7:26 AM
The worst food (and I use the term in its broadest sense!) I've ever had was a Scotch pie in Durness. I had the idea that a genuine Scotch pie from Scotland had to be better than any other versions. Never have I come so close to barfing while eating :ohmy:
Never been able to face a Scotch pie since. :laugh:
Gremalkyn posted Sun, 22 July 2012 at 9:55 AM
There was a Saturday Night Live skit several years ago with Mike Meyers and (I think) Sean Connery as the guest where father and son ran the Mc Mac Shop. Their slogan was: If it aint Scottish, it's crap. Funny stuff, as I recall.