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[JumbleDuck]

Surely it's the same as in that renowned Welsh tyre-maker, Pirelli?

There used to be a sign outside ATS in Machynlleth which on one side said

Tyres. Batteries. Brakes. Shocks. Exhausts.

and on the other said

Teiars. Batris. Brêks. Siocs. Egsosts.

I never realised how much English had borrowed from Welsh.

 

[JumbleDuck]

In Cambridge, Magdalene (street or college) is "Mawd-lin". In other places it is "Mag-Dal-ane"

Mawd-lin College and Mawd-lin bridge may also be found by the Cherwell. Or Charwell.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Yes, bit I don't talk about the other place

 

[CoVianna]

Right all the Yorkshire people, time to keep quiet!

What about "Northowram" and "Southowram"?

Offers on pronuciation?

(Easiest if you say them in a broad Yorkshire accent!)

 

[macd]

There used to be a sign outside ATS in Machynlleth which on one side said

Tyres. Batteries. Brakes. Shocks. Exhausts.

and on the other said

Teiars. Batris. Brêks. Siocs. Egsosts.

I never realised how much English had borrowed from Welsh.

I think it's the other way round, but either way, Welsh signs are not always to be trusted:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7702913.stm

 

[Roberto]

Easiest if you say them in a broad Yorkshire accent!)

oh no, not Yorkshire
my YM examiner -a very nice person indeed- was from Yorkshire, the school principal told me in advance "if you have any doubts about what he requires, don't mind asking him to repeat what he wants until you clearly understand"

omg the number of times I had to: "sorry could you repeat"...

 

[Roberto]

So now you're becoming a sabotaggio, you shameless man?
I think a literal parallel in English would be Luddite, which perhaps doesn't sound quite so exotic.

hello Mac!

the "sabot-ing" is just related to this kind of wooden shoes, apparently there are just a few remaining makers in brittany (understandably so, one might say)

a friend of John-Sybarite gave us the address, how lucky we are, aren't we?

if you want I can send you a pair, don't miss this exceptional opportunity they might be handy to walk upon the rocky Turkish shore ?

cheers
r

 

[nigelmercier]

Welsh signs are not always to be trusted:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7702913.stm

I remember this from when it was first made public, very funny.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

oh no, not Yorkshire
my YM examiner -a very nice person indeed- was from Yorkshire, the school principal told me in advance "if you have any doubts about what he requires, don't mind asking him to repeat what he wants until you clearly understand"

omg the number of times I had to: "sorry could you repeat"...

Well, I am Yorkshire - but usually speak with a fairly BBC accent. Some people can detect that I am Yorkshire, but not many! However, when I got married, I had to take part in the Chinese custom of paying forfeits to get the bride to agree to leave her parents' house with me. I sang "Ilkley Moor" to them - that fooled them!

 

[macd]

hello Mac!

the "sabot-ing" is just related to this kind of wooden shoes, apparently there are just a few remaining makers in brittany (understandably so, one might say)
a friend of John-Sybarite gave us the address, how lucky we are, aren't we?

if you want I can send you a pair, don't miss this exceptional opportunity they might be handy to walk upon the rocky Turkish shore ?

cheers
r

Thanks, Roberto (& Sybarite), but I think I'll pass. I had a pair once and they hurt like hell.
I suppose you know that 'sabotage' came from 'sabot': the Dutch equivalent of the British Luddites used to chuck them in all that new-fangled machinery which was robbing them of jobs. And then hobble home barefoot, no doubt, if they weren't arrested first.

 

[trapezeartist]

from outside the UK, English is often shown as an easy to learn language, grammar is rather straightforward, one does not have to learn the spelling of fifteen different tenses multiplied by six "I - you - he/she - we - you - they", regular verbs are all -ed -ed, add an "s" for plurals except for funny animals like goose mouse and their friends... then one discovers English has about 600 000 words whereas the average neo-latin language has about 300 000 (I stand to be corrected but I think I am not very far from reality)

If you master 300,000 words in English, I think you'll be doing just fine! (I may have got this wrong, but I think I remember being told once that Shakespeare only used 1500 different words in all his plays.)

 

[macd]

Probably more, but by default since he was sublimely careless about spelling (as were most educated people at a time when English was evolving giddily). For instance, his seven (I think) surviving signatures use at least three different spellings...none of which is 'Shakespeare'. (Thus there is no evidence that Shakespeare ever wrote 'Shakespeare', but not for the usual reasons.)

P.S. Correction: there are evidently six surviving signatures with five different spellings.

 

[Sybarite]

Thanks, Roberto (& Sybarite), but I think I'll pass. I had a pair once and they hurt like hell.
I suppose you know that 'sabotage' came from 'sabot': the Dutch equivalent of the British Luddites used to chuck them in all that new-fangled machinery which was robbing them of jobs. And then hobble home barefoot, no doubt, if they weren't arrested first.

I got a pair today but have yet to try some distance walking in them. The 'sabotier' recommended wearing light slippers ( charentaises) inside them. I didn't want that so time will tell if they are going to hurt - but I don't think that, because he adjusts a rubbing strip to the instep corresponding to your size.

Ps No I didn't know about sabotage - thanks.

 

[macd]

Ps No I didn't know about sabotage - thanks.

Let's hope no-one from the CAA reads this or your clogs will be banned from carry-on...or even walk-on...baggage. Dangerous things.

 

[FistralG]

I think it's pronounced muth, as in plymuth but the /u/ is more of a glottal stop than a yew sound.
More properly plym?th

 

[tokoloshe]

It's "mooth" kidda!