Author Topic: oops what happened there? (Read 1653 times)

woollypigs · « **on:** 09 August, 2015, 09:21:54 pm »

A few weeks ago, I packed my over sized backpack and hopped on a plane to go and have a looksee at what the UK was like.

This month, these few weeks have turned into 20 years.

Anywhoo looks like I will be staying a wee bit longer and the kettle just boiled, anyone fancy a cuppa?

Jurek · « **Reply #1 on:** 09 August, 2015, 09:25:27 pm »

Quote from: woollypigs on 09 August, 2015, 09:21:54 pm

A few weeks ago, I packed my over sized backpack and hopped on a plane to go and have a looksee at what the UK was like.

This month, these few weeks have turned into 20 years.

Anywhoo looks like I will be staying a wee bit longer and the kettle just boiled, anyone fancy a cuppa?

You are always welcome here.
What goes on?......

Clare · « **Reply #2 on:** 09 August, 2015, 09:33:29 pm »

20 years? You don't look old enough!

Andrij · « **Reply #3 on:** 09 August, 2015, 09:43:02 pm »

I can sympathise. I've been here just over 16 years. The plan was a few years here then we'd move to the US. That all didn't happen in so many different ways.

Wombat · « **Reply #4 on:** 09 August, 2015, 09:59:45 pm »

Where did life begin for you, then Woolly? Its fascinating to hear how other folks life has developed. Mine has taken a turn today, in that I have achieved a long held desire, to buy another motorcycle, and it hasn't resulted in divorce, Mrs W actually likes the BMW I have bought. I've not moved countries, but the pull of rural France is calling, and those property prices.....

woollypigs · « **Reply #5 on:** 09 August, 2015, 10:11:36 pm »

@jurek: still trying to figure out what is what with my ailments and get back on the bike again.

@Clare: well thank you

@wombat: Denmark and in the last twenty years I did have a three year spell in France too.

Ruthie · « **Reply #6 on:** 09 August, 2015, 10:16:22 pm »

You come over here, stealin' our wimmin ...

Time flies when you're having fun Woolly

woollypigs · « **Reply #7 on:** 09 August, 2015, 10:20:56 pm »

That I have had, Ruthie

Quote from: Ruthie on 09 August, 2015, 10:16:22 pm

You come over here, stealin' our wimmin ...

But but but, she started it ...

Quote from: Ruthie on 09 August, 2015, 10:16:22 pm

Time flies when you're having fun Woolly

That I have had

Polar Bear · « **Reply #8 on:** 09 August, 2015, 10:27:56 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 09 August, 2015, 10:16:22 pm

You come over here, stealin' our wimmin ...

Nothing less expected from those bloody vikings...

Finally got to chat to Woolly briefly at Malham last December. Perhaps we need to go again so I can have a longer chat.

woollypigs · « **Reply #9 on:** 09 August, 2015, 10:29:16 pm »

I would very much like that

clarion · « **Reply #10 on:** 09 August, 2015, 10:53:42 pm »

We really ought to go back to Malham.

Woolly, you exemplify the best of Englishness without even being English. I hope you stay for another 'couple of weeks' at least!

Jaded · « **Reply #11 on:** 09 August, 2015, 11:08:04 pm »

/o\ or something like that

Wowbagger · « **Reply #12 on:** 09 August, 2015, 11:56:04 pm »

I had thought of wishing you Many Happy Returns but it could be misinterpreted!

SandyV · « **Reply #13 on:** 10 August, 2015, 07:27:32 am »

It was lovely to meet you both when you were here. Any plans for another visit?

woollypigs · « **Reply #14 on:** 10 August, 2015, 11:08:13 am »

@SandyV: not in the foreseeable future, I need to work before we can save up money for a jolly like that. You know if you should find yourself in the northern parts of this rock we call home on your year off there will be a room waiting for you.

Morat · « **Reply #15 on:** 11 August, 2015, 06:58:54 am »

Quote from: Ruthie on 09 August, 2015, 10:16:22 pm

You come over here, stealin' our wimmin

Bloody Vikings!

Zipperhead · « **Reply #16 on:** 11 August, 2015, 08:18:47 am »

I think that he's already gone native - he's got himself a whippet.

Bledlow · « **Reply #17 on:** 11 August, 2015, 12:20:14 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 09 August, 2015, 10:16:22 pm

You come over here, stealin' our wimmin ...

Balanced by furrin wimmin comin' over here & stealin' our men ... (says a stolen man).

woollypigs · « **Reply #18 on:** 11 August, 2015, 01:54:07 pm »

Quote from: Bledlow on 11 August, 2015, 12:20:14 pm

Quote from: Ruthie on 09 August, 2015, 10:16:22 pm
You come over here, stealin' our wimmin ...
Balanced by furrin wimmin comin' over here & stealin' our men ... (says a stolen man).

But, I didn't steal anyone! She ~~nicked~~ kissed me first!

Torslanda · « **Reply #19 on:** 12 August, 2015, 08:29:35 am »

Bloody Vikings...

woollypigs · « **Reply #20 on:** 12 August, 2015, 08:35:04 am »

Just learned yesterday that the Yorkshire dialect still uses many Danish/Viking/Scandinavian words (more than the rest of the UK), probably why I feel at home here. One that I didn't know is lad

http://www.babbel.com/magazine/139-norse-words

Polar Bear · « **Reply #21 on:** 12 August, 2015, 09:16:26 am »

Having read that link I'm beginning to think that the vikings only conquered Yorkshire. Much of Clarion's lexicon is in there...

Bledlow · « **Reply #22 on:** 12 August, 2015, 10:13:05 am »

There are more, & there are also the many words (most of the basic English vocabulary IIRC) which are common to north & west Germanic, such as man, hand, finger, what, that, here, there, many, & so on.

tiermat · « **Reply #23 on:** 12 August, 2015, 10:25:22 am »

Quote from: Bledlow on 12 August, 2015, 10:13:05 am

There are more, & there are also the many words (most of the basic English vocabulary IIRC) which are common to north & west Germanic, such as man, hand, finger, what, that, here, there, many, & so on.

Anglo-Saxon, innit?

We had a similar convo at the BBQ, the areas that the Vikings settled (basically the majority of what is now England, north of Nottingham) uses Norse words that at not, generally, understood or used elsewhere. Melvin Bragg has written a book on just this subject: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/nov/15/referenceandlanguages.historybooks

Bledlow · « **Reply #24 on:** 13 August, 2015, 12:50:34 pm »

Yeah, but '"No more than 150 words" were accepted from Old Norse into an Old English vocabulary of some 25,000 words.' is a bit odd, when the majority of the vocabulary was shared already. The comparison should be between the number of new words & the previously unshared vocabulary. Got 'man' from Anglo-Saxon, not Old Norse? Really? It was the same word in both languages! And so on.