@moonbus saidLOL.
A hatchet is a short-handled axe, required to chop up firewood in the hovel where I resided, at that time. Also useful for fending off Picts, should they approach; they seemed unfamiliar with fire. However, when I offered them salt-mackerel and dark chocolate shavings, they retreated and left my woman-folk (more or less) untainted.
@rookie54 saidOh, hells yeah. 🙂
@Paul-Martin
i once worked with a small group of mechanics from south carolina
we were all familiar with the machinery, the same in northern production plants as in southern plants
now
my south texas drawl,
sweet and sticky as molasses in the wintertime
was understandable by all and i had no trouble communicating
but them carolina boys
damn
they talk like they carry ...[text shortened]... er barnful of turkeys
they did bring with them some of the tangiest moonshine i ever tasted
damn
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@moonbus saidNorth of the Wall?
Late in the previous millennium. 1980-something. North of Hadrian's Wall, it was. Obviously, the Romans hadn't brought civilization that far north yet.
I thought the Wall was the border? Not so?
Yeah, I'm American. Can you tell?
@Suzianne saidThey kind of do. I can't think of any instances where 'or' and 'aw' aren't as good as the same in British English, phonetically speaking. 'orfully sorry, the dorn is about to break', and so on. Or as per the case in point, 'pawnography'.
Yes.
Certainly, the Brits don't say "lorn"! Is it a "lornmower"?
If anyone can think of any examples I will stand corrected.
@Earl-of-Trumps saidI say old chap, you're absolutely right! Then we'd all be eating tomatoes.
Hey,,, all I know is, If we (Yanks) didn't beat the Brits in the revolutionary war, we'd be speaking English today!
I've thought of one; 'rorl plug' doesn't really work as 'rawl plug'.
@Suzianne saidCockermouth lies 54-degrees N, whereas Hadrian's Wall lies 55-degrees N.
North of the Wall?
I thought the Wall was the border? Not so?
Yeah, I'm American. Can you tell?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian's_Wall
quote:
Hadrian's Wall lies entirely within England and has never formed the Anglo-Scottish border, though it is sometimes loosely or colloquially described as such
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockermouth
@moonbus saidThe roads that pass Scafell pike are called Hardknott pass (going west with Scafell on the right) and Wrynose pass (going east with Scafell on the left) are among the steepest roads in the UK with gradients of 33%.
Lindisfarne? Negative. Two college mates and I hiked up Scafell Pike though. Quite spectacular country up there.
I cycled up Hardknott and down Wrynose - both horrible adventures - the first for being abominably hard to keep moving the latter for being abominably hard to stop moving!