Troll Poll

[GuyBoden]

Obviously a Scandinavian word, first mention of trolls was in Nordic mythology in the thirteenth century.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'm not sure why I posted this.

What I mean is: What was the troll poll goal?

 

[bobzmyunkle]

Do you say "Troll" to rhyme with bowl/hole,

Where I come from bowl and hole sound subtly different. Troll sounds completely different.
As if English pronunciation wasn't complicated enough in the first place.
I believe it's a lot to do with all those forriners coming over - I tend to blame the Normans, but I blame them for most things.

 

[GuyBoden]

Where I come from bowl and hole sound subtly different. Troll sounds completely different.
As if English pronunciation wasn't complicated enough in the first place.
I believe it's a lot to do with all those forriners coming over - I tend to blame the Normans, but I blame them for most things.

Yes, everything was great before the Normans invaded 1066, that's why they're known as the "Dark Ages".

 

[bobzmyunkle]

that's why they're known as the "Dark Ages"

Commonly believed to be a misnomer - probably a rumour spread by ...

 

[Mo1959]

who are the wronguns who rhyme it with bowl? I suspect its southerners who also think there is an "r" in bath

Me and I’m definitely not a Southerner. If I have a fried egg on a roll……it sounds like role, not rol so same with troll for me.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yes, everything was great before the Normans invaded 1066, that's why they're known as the "Dark Ages".

Because so little survived the period, it’s called dark is in we’re lacking knowledge about it compared to before and after.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I'm not sure why I posted this.

Too many pork pies?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

View: https://youtu.be/fJuFEXngC6w

 

[Willd]

Me and I’m definitely not a Southerner. If I have a fried egg on a roll……it sounds like role, not rol so same with troll for me.

Hmm, what about poll, when it's used to describe breeds of hornless sheep or cattle

 

[Dogtrousers]

Hmm, what about poll, when it's used to describe breeds of hornless sheep or cattle

Or boll, referring to a particular part of a plant or to a type of weevil that infests it.

 

[matticus]

I'm not sure why I posted this.

What I mean is: What was the troll poll goal?

More importantly: how the heck do you only eat a quarter of a pork pie?!?

 

[Dogtrousers]

There's a musical based on a novel by Damon Runyon that features a fancy dress party in an unemployment benefit office.

It's called Guise and Doles.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

More importantly: how the heck do you only eat a quarter of a pork pie?!?

You do it as a precursor to eating the other 3 quarters

like a starter

 

[mistyoptic]

There's only one troll, that's the one in The Three Billy goat's gruff.

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I'm a troll
fol-de-rol

gotta rhyme, innit?