On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 03:36:26PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 04:02:34AM -0400, Mike Hollis <> wrote: > > *** off topic *** > > BTW, if I remember correctly you are British. Is the term British pc ? > > I recently reread Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. I'm not sure which book > > but loosely quoted he wrote " Some things that look like Ents ain't". > > I thought ain't was only southern U.S slang for isn't or am not. Is it > > commonly used in Great Britain ? > > Thanks again, > > > > ### Mike Hollis ### > I think Bruce is British in the sense of "West British" or "South > British" (to paraphrase a quote the between-tracks speech on an early > Jimi Hendrix live LP, released after he became famous). > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t#Regional_usage_and_dialects but > note that it's usage in the UK is more common than that article > currently implies. > > ĸen > -- > das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page
I have been a Hendrix fan since I bought an album in 1967 with all the wild artwork and most of the tunes never got much airplay. I think it may have been the first. I don't recall that speech, but I do recall an incident where he was playing a really wild riff and stopped,sat down on the stage and said "That's what happens when you play space music." Thats about OTP as you can get but after you turn 60 you don't have to follow the rules anymore.THX for the linguistic tidbit; It's comforting to know that if I ever go to England and end up in a pub washing down blood pudding with room temperature beer, I can say " Ain't ya'll got any real food in here ? " and be understood. ### Mike Hollis ### -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
