Fuctifano Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Balloch (near Loch Lomond) and Balloch (near Inverness) having different pronunciations is a good one to confuse people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 16 hours ago, Blue Brazil Forever said: How about Milngavie, another place where the pronunciation is completely at variance with the spelling. I was once told the story of somebody invited to a party in Milngarvie but he never got there. He tried to take a bus but they were all going to Milngarvie and none were going to Mill Guy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 17 hours ago, tamthebam said: I once had a shite in a hole in Perth! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 5 hours ago, hk blues said: talking of Ken I read this in a Wikipedia entry on Russian WWII pilot Vasily Reshetnikov "When he was shot down the second time, it took more than a week for him to get out of the enemy's rear. " 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 12 hours ago, Fullerene said: I was once told the story of somebody invited to a party in Milngarvie but he never got there. He tried to take a bus but they were all going to Milngarvie and none were going to Mill Guy. My MIL lives in a street called Forglen Road. Wife and I were there for the weekend as we were at a wedding or something - told the (English) taxi driver where we were going, wondered what bizarre route he was taking, til he said he was taking us to "4 Glen Road".......................... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 19/03/2023 at 21:16, Loonytoons said: No Z in Scots. As mentioned above, it's a yogh. On 19/03/2023 at 21:19, The_Kincardine said: Finzean does fit with the false 'z' or 'yogh' model. Just down the south Deeside road from Strawn Strachan which is just fucking weird. Yet following that road just across the Mounth we have Edzell, which is (almost certainly) universally pronounced with the Z. Maybe it's 'Edell', and everyone's doing it wrong all these years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: Yet following that road just across the Mounth we have Edzell, which is (almost certainly) universally pronounced with the Z. Maybe it's 'Edell', and everyone's doing it wrong all these years. Just keeked at wiki - and Edzell got its name in the 19th C - after a nearby hamlet. Could well have been 'Edyill' or suchlike previously. Anyway, I was in Southwark and Marylebone today. Placename orthography is seldom consistent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Is there a term for people from New Zealand? I'm not talking about Maoris specifically, or "kiwis" but just the general term. I'm Thai, you are Chinese, he is South African, they are...from New Zealand? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 5 minutes ago, Shotgun said: Is there a term for people from New Zealand? I'm not talking about Maoris specifically, or "kiwis" but just the general term. I'm Thai, you are Chinese, he is South African, they are...from New Zealand? New Zealanders? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 19 minutes ago, Shotgun said: Is there a term for people from New Zealand? I'm not talking about Maoris specifically, or "kiwis" but just the general term. I'm Thai, you are Chinese, he is South African, they are...from New Zealand? Mutton shaggers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Etiquette for buying tickets from someone online? To me enquiring and agreeing to buy should be followed up with immediate payment. How long would you leave it before offering it to one of the half dozen offers you got? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 2 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: Etiquette for buying tickets from someone online? To me enquiring and agreeing to buy should be followed up with immediate payment. How long would you leave it before offering it to one of the half dozen offers you got? When I've bought or sold it's been instant transfer when evidence of the ticket is shown. There's obviously an element of trust involved on both sides. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 26/03/2023 at 10:34, invergowrie arab said: Etiquette for buying tickets from someone online? To me enquiring and agreeing to buy should be followed up with immediate payment. How long would you leave it before offering it to one of the half dozen offers you got? Depends how close the event is. Hours away, payment within 10-15 minutes…days, payment within a hour or two…either way, warn the first buyer of the time allowed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superwell87 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 20/03/2023 at 11:07, 'WellDel said: Inbetween Carluke and Lanark there's a village called Kilncadzow which used to have a fantastic wee bakers, where the cakes they sold were huge and an absolute fkn delight. It somehow gets pronounced Kil-Kay-Gee. That was a brilliant wee bakers. The pies and sausage rolls were huge as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 20/03/2023 at 22:54, Fuctifano said: Balloch (near Loch Lomond) and Balloch (near Inverness) having different pronunciations is a good one to confuse people. My mum's house was in culloden and she used to rent out spare room to students from the forestry college in Balloch. The amount of c***s, mostly from the central belt, who would refuse to believe the pronunciation was different from the one down the road was staggering. Also see Avoch on the black Isle. Pronounced Och, and not even on a fucking island. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Pele Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 How far in advance would you say the cutoff for “appropriate” is in terms of being advised of any salary changes effective 1st April i.e. the first day of the new tax year? Because I’ve yet to be told, as have the rest of the people I work with 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 26/03/2023 at 14:56, Shotgun said: Is there a term for people from New Zealand? I'm not talking about Maoris specifically, or "kiwis" but just the general term. I'm Thai, you are Chinese, he is South African, they are...from New Zealand? I never knew you were Thai. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 53 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: I never knew you were Thai. ทุกวันคือวันเรียน 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 26/03/2023 at 14:56, Shotgun said: Is there a term for people from New Zealand? I'm not talking about Maoris specifically, or "kiwis" but just the general term. I'm Thai, you are Chinese, he is South African, they are...from New Zealand? The demonym is 'New Zealander' but 'Kiwi' is also fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 21/03/2023 at 13:45, The_Kincardine said: Just keeked at wiki - and Edzell got its name in the 19th C - after a nearby hamlet. Could well have been 'Edyill' or suchlike previously. Anyway, I was in Southwark and Marylebone today. Placename orthography is seldom consistent. Is it a particularly nice place and maybe derives from ‘idyll’? (Or alternatively a hovel and the founders were being sarky) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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