what I have learned today.

[JennyB]

That the Galápagos pengs at the northern end of Isabela island live in the Northern Hemisphere.

There used to be lots of penguins in the Northern hemisphere. The name is derived from the Welsh for 'white head' and was used for the now-extinct great auk.

The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus. It is not closely related to the birds now known as penguins, which were discovered later by Europeans and so named by sailors because of their physical resemblance to the great auk.


-Wikipedia

[Mr Larrington]

Ah, now I actually did know that and also that an alternative etymology for pengs is that the name derives from “pin-wing”, shortened from “pinion-wing” and referring to their lamentable inability to fly.  Though yer Great Auk's closest living relative is yer actual Razorbill, wot can fly perfectly adequately while still looking a bit like a pukka peng.

[ian]

It's well established that penguins, like dolphins, are fish.

[grams]

Not sure how we ending with pengs in English. Most other languages spell it with an i which is much more fun to say - pinguim, pingüino, pingwiny.

[Kim]

It's well established that penguins, like dolphins, are fish.

Is that one of those vegetarian get-out clauses?

[Mr Larrington]

It's well established that penguins, like dolphins, are fish.

Is that one of those vegetarian get-out clauses?

Or a Catholic one, like the business with [“giant waterproof Canadian guinea pigs” – Ed.]?

[Pingu]

Not sure how we ending with pengs in English. Most other languages spell it with an i which is much more fun to say - pinguim, pingüino, pingwiny.

Except in NZ where they have the English spelling but pronounce it pingwens. As in sivin pingwens iggz.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Not sure how we ending with pengs in English. Most other languages spell it with an i which is much more fun to say - pinguim, pingüino, pingwiny.

By being closer (geographically) to the Celts?

[T42]

Not sure how we ending with pengs in English. Most other languages spell it with an i which is much more fun to say - pinguim, pingüino, pingwiny.

Just to be unhelpful, peng is onomatopoeic German for bang.  Banguins?

[ian]

Penge is a suburb in south London where there are no actual penguins but there are actual dinosaurs. Fact.

[Kim]

I've never actually been to Penge, but I hear it's very nice.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Not sure how we ending with pengs in English. Most other languages spell it with an i which is much more fun to say - pinguim, pingüino, pingwiny.

Just to be unhelpful, peng is onomatopoeic German for bang.  Banguins?

Peng, peng! On the door, baby!*

*https://youtu.be/9SOryJvTAGs refers.

I've never actually been to Penge, but I hear it's very nice.

Is that because it has ice?

[Kim]

I've never actually been to Penge, but I hear it's very nice.

Is that because it has ice?

True birthplace of Christ.


(In news that shouldn't come as a shock after the Tremors fiasco, I've just discovered there are now 10 novels in the now legendary Brentford Trilogy.)

[robgul]

There's an alternative version of the Lord's Prayer that has the line :

Lead us not into Penge Station

(Can't remember the rest but is quite amusing)

[FifeingEejit]

After watching a video where dyke was spelt dike, I discovered that when referring to a wall, Dyke is Scots and Dike English.
Bloody vowel shift.



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[T42]

And there is that old limerick...

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There was a young lady from Penge
Who went for a pee at Stonehenge
She had just passed her fluid
When up popped a druid
And crapped in her eye for revenge

[ElyDave]

After watching a video where dyke was spelt dike, I discovered that when referring to a wall, Dyke is Scots and Dike English.
Bloody vowel shift.



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is that similar etymology to wynd vs wind?
As in, Backwynd Stairs leading from Union Street to The Green in Aberdeen.  (It's not Green).

[Tim Hall]

Not sure how we ending with pengs in English. Most other languages spell it with an i which is much more fun to say - pinguim, pingüino, pingwiny.

Just to be unhelpful, peng is onomatopoeic German for bang.  Banguins?

Peng is/was a word used by The Youth of Today to mean good, attractive, well tasty. Innit.

[Tim Hall]

But no mention yet of the great legal triumph that was the Penge Bungalow Murders, where Rumpole conducted the defence alone and without a leader.

[hatler]

Not sure how we ending with pengs in English. Most other languages spell it with an i which is much more fun to say - pinguim, pingüino, pingwiny.

Just to be unhelpful, peng is onomatopoeic German for bang.  Banguins?

Peng is/was a word used by The Youth of Today to mean good, attractive, well tasty. Innit.

I can confirm for m'lud that such usage is still extant in the youth of today.

[jsabine]

There's an alternative version of the Lord's Prayer that has the line :

Lead us not into Penge Station

(Can't remember the rest but is quite amusing)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_Driver%27s_Prayer has the words

[Tim Hall]

Not sure how we ending with pengs in English. Most other languages spell it with an i which is much more fun to say - pinguim, pingüino, pingwiny.

Just to be unhelpful, peng is onomatopoeic German for bang.  Banguins?

Peng is/was a word used by The Youth of Today to mean good, attractive, well tasty. Innit.

I can confirm for m'lud that such usage is still extant in the youth of today.

I'm much obliged to m'learned friend.

[T42]

Penge - "peng-uh" - is also Scandi slang for money, according to the subtitles of half a dozen Nordic Noir epics on Netflux.

[Mrs Pingu]

Pingos:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/23/buried-ponds-to-be-excavated-in-norfolk-to-revive-wildlife

[Cudzoziemiec]

And there is that old limerick...

(click to show/hide)

There was a young lady from Penge
Who went for a pee at Stonehenge
She had just passed her fluid
When up popped a druid
And crapped in her eye for revenge