byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
Well I never! Could I also be a lert without realising that too?
English is odd
- Thread starter Shut Up Legs
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deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Downland is upland.
RWright
Guru
- Location
- North Carolina
I red sum of this thread and dew knot sea english as being two hard too reed or right.
classic33
Leg End Member
Keep a Lert, we need as many as possible!
ayceejay
Guru
- Location
- Rural Quebec
To some locals hassle and peanut sound the same. It took me a while to figure this out causing quite a few peanuts.
Spinney
Bimbleur extraordinaire
- Location
- Back up north
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Passed a board outside a pub earlier touting 'pan-fried bream'. I've always found that a baffling expression. As opposed to what other kind of fried bream? Bream fried without a pan?
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Ah. Well at least that makes sense. (Even if deep-frying is generally done in a pan.) Thanks. I'm unbaffled!
Over The Hill
Guru
- Location
- Ridden off into the sunset
I did not understand that one for ages (it was the usage in poncy recipes that put me off). But now I do accept that say a piece of fish is cooked differently if deep fried or pan fried.
Over The Hill
Guru
- Location
- Ridden off into the sunset
"Cleave" can mean to either split/break apart or to hold/put together. It is only in the context of the sentence that you work out which meaning is being used.
It does seem odd when we can have lots of words for the same thing but then other things have to share a word.
It does seem odd when we can have lots of words for the same thing but then other things have to share a word.
SteCenturion
I am your Father
- Location
- The Dark Side of the Moon.
Wiganese...
look it up & i say no more.
look it up & i say no more.
ayceejay
Guru
- Location
- Rural Quebec
Perhaps a tangent but hey -
when I was a kid, maybe 10 years old. I picked up a cat call from some older boys.
First you would do the whistle and then call out
I say what a smasha - two eggs and a rasha
it was only while telling this story, just the other day I realized what it meant and I blushed.
when I was a kid, maybe 10 years old. I picked up a cat call from some older boys.
First you would do the whistle and then call out
I say what a smasha - two eggs and a rasha
it was only while telling this story, just the other day I realized what it meant and I blushed.
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
The bandage was wound around the wound.
