johnnydun Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, Raidernation said: My Faither, Aberdonian, fan asked “fit like?” would reply “chavvin’ on” I’m intrigued to find if this is an Aiberdeen thing or a mix of years working in Caithness Aberdonian as far as I know, I wis ay chavin', ken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 My Faither, Aberdonian, fan asked “fit like?” would reply “chavvin’ on”I’m intrigued to find if this is an Aiberdeen thing or a mix of years working in Caithness Definitely aberdonian. Fit like? Chavvin’ awa’. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 On 04/10/2019 at 21:19, Falcor Roar said: 'Outwith' is a Scottish term. That has blown my mind. Is this common knowledge? I discovered this a couple of years ago and did indeed find it mind blowing. It sounds like a fairly formal English construction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Batman kills about 6 people on average in each of the movies.Are we talking collateral damage here? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweaty Morph Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 I found out yesterday the Dire Straits song Money For Nothing features uncredited backing vocals by Sting. It's obvious now I know but must have heard the song dozens of times and never realised! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 The longest straight line between two points of land on the Earth's surface (ie longest straight line a ship could sail in a straight line) is between the countries of... Pakistan and Russia, and vice versa. (South from Pakistan, through the gap between 'mainland' Africa and Madagascar, SW through the Drake Passage between Argentina and Antarctica and then north across the Pacific until you eventually hit far NE of Russia) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latapythelegend Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 There is a town in New Hampshire called Londonderry. Right across the freeway is the town of Derry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) On 16/10/2019 at 18:18, Sweaty Morph said: I found out yesterday the Dire Straits song Money For Nothing features uncredited backing vocals by Sting. It's obvious now I know but must have heard the song dozens of times and never realised! They sang it together at Live Aid. edit. Thought this was a new post. Edited January 19, 2021 by supermik 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priti priti priti Patel Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 3 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: The longest straight line between two points of land on the Earth's surface (ie longest straight line a ship could sail in a straight line) is between the countries of... Hide contents Pakistan and Russia, and vice versa. (South from Pakistan, through the gap between 'mainland' Africa and Madagascar, SW through the Drake Passage between Argentina and Antarctica and then north across the Pacific until you eventually hit far NE of Russia) If you drew a line due south from Detroit, the first country you'd hit after America is... Spoiler Canada 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) I learned these a couple of weeks ago: 1. France shares a border with the (Kingdom of the) Netherlands. 2. France's longest boundary with another country is with... 1. Border between Saint Martin and Sint Martin (in the Caribbean) 2. Brazil (border with French Guiana, which despite being in South America is part of the EU and uses the Euro as its currency) Edited January 19, 2021 by Hedgecutter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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