My wife who is Yorkshire born and bred asked me recently "what does baht'at" mean?
This is from the Yorkshire folk song, On Ilkley Moor , baht'at. Drum roll.. It means "without a hat" Google the words of the song and you may be even more befuddled. On Sun, May 23, 2021, 08:18 Wayne Bickerdike <[email protected]> wrote: > Nowt is largely Yorkshire for "nothing" in some regions "nobbut" is used, > meaning "nothing but" ie "he's nobbut a lad" > > On Sat, May 22, 2021, 08:10 Tom Brennan <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> ... busy looking up "nowt" :) >> >> Tom (USA) >> >> On 5/21/2021 2:17 PM, Rupert Reynolds wrote: >> > Being English by birth, I remember working in Holland, and meeting >> someone >> > with the nickname "Suzie Did It On The Roof" (I didn't ask what she did >> on >> > that roof :-) ). The short "oo" as in "woof" caught me by surprise. >> Every >> > day is a school day, etc. >> > >> > But the UK/US one that gets me every time is "router". Here in England, >> > that's two words in one. A network router rhymes with fruit, boot, moot >> and >> > toot. With a woodworker's router, the "ou" is like gout, nowt, clout and >> > spout. >> > >> > "Two nations divided by a common language?" I say no. But I borrow >> American >> > words and phrases. Everyone does--is it time to call it "American" and >> be >> > obviously proud of it?" >> > >> > Roops >> > >> > >> > On Fri., May 21, 2021, 21:16 Paul Gilmartin, < >> > [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> On Fri, 21 May 2021 14:38:26 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: >> >> >> >>> Heh. When I was in high school we moved from Minnesota (where "root" >> >> rhymes with "foot") to Pennsylvania (where "root" rhymes with >> "boot"). The >> >> kid who sat behind me in Biology class was named Scott Root. He >> thought I >> >> was making fun of his name every time I said "root". I learned to >> adjust >> >> to my new environment. >> >>> >> >> I'm reminded of a venerable signature file: >> >> "Both Robert Root and Douglas Core (who keeps losing his Mail) have >> >> accounts on my system, and I expect Susie Mailer-Daemon to sign up >> >> any day now." >> >> >> >> -- gil >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > >> > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
