Nathen, what's all this callin abaat broad Yorkshire?
Wayne and a few others may understand this.
Mike Wawiorko
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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
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 wrote:
> ... busy looking up "nowt" :)
>
> Tom (USA)
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> On 5/21/2021 2:17 PM, Rupert Reynolds wrote:
> > Being English by birth, I
As one who ~likes~ languages and accents, I'm inclined to mourn what I'm told
is the gradual but inexorable disappearance of (for example) broad Yorkshire.
It's too soon; I haven't learned all the accents there are, yet! But in
practice I don't get a vote. The Midwestern-American accent that
... 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
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
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
sh is
not part of these 22) and 1500+ dialects.
Thanks,
Prashant
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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
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Coming from England, we always pronounce "route" with a long sound, like
"root". I understand that in the USA it is usually pronounced the same as
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> Really? I haven't heard that one. Can I find the British definition of
> "root" in a dictionary somewhere (so as to spare those present the
> embarrassment of explaining)?
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>Really? I haven't heard that one. Can I find the British definition of
>"root" in a dictionary somewhere (so as to spare those present the
>embarrassment of ex
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Really? I haven't heard that one. Can I find the British definition of "root"
in a dictionary somewhere (so as to spare those present the emb
On Tue, 11 May 2021 17:01:55 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote:
>Really? I haven't heard that one. Can I find the British definition of
>"root" in a dictionary somewhere (so as to spare those present the
>embarrassment of explaining)?
>
https://www.google.com/search?q=root+strine
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Really? I haven't heard that one. Can I find the British definition of "root"
in a dictionary somewhere (so as to spare those present the embarrassment of
explaining)?
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Actually I hear "rooot" and "rout" pretty much interchangeably, depending on
where you are in the US. I may be wrong, but I think it was usually "rooot" in
the Midwest, "rout" east of the Appalachians. I may be remembering wrong,
though.
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Ah, Bloomington-Normal. I did some months more than a decade ago, and I still
remember it fondly. The work I did at State Farm didn't please me so much, but
as a place to live, Bloomington suited me right to the ground: Just the right
size, in wide flat country where I can see the sky for
Never heard "immz". I have heard "zoss".
Regarding "ra-keff" (but further afield), when I moved from the Midwest to
Pennsylvania I noticed that many people pronounced my birth state
"wess-KAHN-sin". We always say "wih-SKAHN-sin". Subtle difference in the 'k'
sound, but it was plain enough
icks in Italy/Spain ...
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Idioms are full of booby traps for those not native to the language. In
Israel the Hebrew word שֵׁרוּת meaning service refers to a shared taxi;
the plural
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As an Australian I can vouch for the veracity of the noted definition
The Wombat does it better than the Kiwi. "Eats roots shoots and leaves"
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> Kiwi - there is polish joke about it: Kiwi kiwi kiwi. Yes, it makes
> some sense, yes, it is funny.
> No, I cannot explain it without long lecture about declension,
Kiwi - there is polish joke about it: Kiwi kiwi kiwi. Yes, it makes
some sense, yes, it is funny.
No, I cannot explain it without long lecture about declension, etc.
BTW: there is another version of same joke: Zombie zombie zombie.
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As an Australian I can vouch for the veracity of the noted definition of the
word 'root', although I would also suggest that this usage was almost always
confined to a younger generation and seems to be someone one grows out of. :-)
Then there is the standard Aussie joke we tell about Kiwi's
Italy/Spain ...
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It appears that you can. In this list of bus routes from Winchester, scroll
down to route 66. Its destination is Romsey *via Hursley*.
https://uktransport.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_bus_routes_in_Winchester,_Hampshire
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It is indeed odd. We pronounce it both ways. Indeed, we say "root" 66. But "I
took a different 'rout' across town."
Further, here we root for our favorite sports teams. My understanding is that
in England, roo
, to be Australian
and New Zealand slang
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CICS are for Trids.
On 2021-05-09 20:35, Chris Hoelscher wrote:
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Coming from England, we always pronounce "
' harder to find
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Sure.
State Farm
is that?
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Sure.
State Farm and Country Companies in Bloomington Normal IL are on Route
66 (4 lane
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Sure.
State Farm and Country Companies in Bloomington Normal IL are on Route
66 (4 lane bypass Veterans Parkway).
Illinois State University has their computer center a few blocks off
the downtown route.
Horace Mann does and Franklin Life
Sure.
State Farm and Country Companies in Bloomington Normal IL are on Route
66 (4 lane bypass Veterans Parkway).
Illinois State University has their computer center a few blocks off
the downtown route.
Horace Mann does and Franklin Life used to in Springfield IL on old
Route 66 (5th&6th / 9th).
Can I get my CICS on Route 66?
Charles
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On Sun, 9 May 2021 12:14:25 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>What if you spell it ÇICS?
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Could that be added as a member alias?
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CICS pronounced Chicks/Thicks in Italy/Spain ...
Took a moment to figure out what the speaker was talking about ...
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Hi Bob,
This reminds me of a story.
Back in 2000, I was doing an ACF2 to RACF conversion and one of the
: Pronunciations (spun off of another thread)
Hi Bob,
This reminds me of a story.
Back in 2000, I was doing an ACF2 to RACF conversion and one of the customer's
people kept saying Ra-Keff (instead of Rack-Eff.) This REALLY got on my nerves.
As an aside, a former colleague (with a British accent) always
Hi Bob,
This reminds me of a story.
Back in 2000, I was doing an ACF2 to RACF conversion and one of the
customer's people kept saying Ra-Keff (instead of Rack-Eff.)
This REALLY got on my nerves.
As an aside, a former colleague (with a British accent) always says ZOSS
(instead of Zed-Oh-Ess or
I grew up with "doss" and "see-eye-see-ess", but even here in the East I've
heard "kicks" often enough that I can adjust now if that's what the current
crowd uses. Actually I think sysprogs say "kicks" more than application
programmers, for some reason.
I've heard "sicks" just once, I
Hi Phil,
This reminds me of a story ...
Approximately 20 years ago, my colleague and myself (same colleague as
the other story) were supporting a company in QC.
Every time the customer called, it took (what seemed like forever) for
the introductory hello.
Part of it was due to their announcing
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