welshbairn Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 58 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Testament to the creative minds of the Gaels: That's a big mountain. What shall we call it? How about... Big Mountain? Genius. What about that other big mountain on Mull? How about... Big Mountain? Superb. How about the biggest one in Assynt? We can't just have another Big Mountain. Agreed, we need another name. How about... Big Mountain Assynt? That'll do. It's a bit like when the Romans came over and asked the names. What's that called? We call it a river.(dee) Writes down River Dee. (Dee Dee) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: It's a bit like when the Romans came over and asked the names. What's that called? We call it a river.(dee) Writes down River Dee. (Dee Dee) Ha! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 13 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: Think you've missed that boat... still wid... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 4 hours ago, Fullerene said: .. and then there is Yorkshire which has the rivers Don and Humber, plus places like Scarborough, Rosedale, Pickering, Malton and Toronto. There's also Bradford, Sheffield, Leeds, Whitby and York, East York, North York. Most places in Ontario have either British and First Nations names. Canadians can pronounce First Nations name no problem but Scarborough becomes Scar-burrow for some reason 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, tamthebam said: still wid... Maryam D'abdon't 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: Testament to the creative minds of the Gaels: That's a big mountain. What shall we call it? How about... Big Mountain? Genius. What about that other big mountain on Mull? How about... Big Mountain? Superb. How about the biggest one in Assynt? We can't just have another Big Mountain. Agreed, we need another name. How about... Big Mountain Assynt? That'll do. In all fairness these Ben More mountains are some distance apart. IIRC there is somewhere in Argyll with a dozen mountains all called Ben Bhreac (I.e. speckled mountain) that are so close together that they all appear on the same OS map. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Some bint on the tele (who is annoying as it is) saying she's "from Ayr. Which is not far from Glasgow". You're from Ayr, just say Ayr. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 10 hours ago, welshbairn said: It's a bit like when the Romans came over and asked the names. What's that called? We call it a river.(dee) Writes down River Dee. (Dee Dee) That's like the River Avon. Avon comes from the Welsh "Afon" which means "River"... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 minute ago, tamthebam said: That's like the River Avon. Avon comes from the Welsh "Afon" which means "River"... In old English, Boris Johnson is c**t c**t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 38 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: Esk is another isn't it, just means water I think ... and so needing to name two of the largest rivers in Angus, the best we could come up with was a 'River North Esk' and a 'River South Esk'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 It's a bit like when the Romans came over and asked the names. What's that called? We call it a river.(dee) Writes down River Dee. (Dee Dee) Bryn Law always raises a chuckle when is on Sky Sports,he is effectively called Hill Hill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, Moomintroll said: 19 hours ago, welshbairn said: It's a bit like when the Romans came over and asked the names. What's that called? We call it a river.(dee) Writes down River Dee. (Dee Dee) Bryn Law always raises a chuckle when is on Sky Sports,he is effectively called Hill Hill. Just like the Law Hill in Dundee. Should just be The Law 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Perhaps c***s on a train thread, but there's always some wifey or another who has a container for I'm assuming coffee. The pretentiously loud click that it makes when they open and close it is infuriating beyond description. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Stellaboz said: Perhaps c***s on a train thread, but there's always some wifey or another who has a container for I'm assuming coffee. The pretentiously loud click that it makes when they open and close it is infuriating beyond description. That's a really petty thing to get on your nerves, imho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 5 hours ago, hk blues said: Just like the Law Hill in Dundee. Should just be The Law Mount Fujiyama translates as Mount Fuji Mountain. And (according to QI) Torpenhow Hill in Cumbria means Hillhillhill Hill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-51817617 another god awful eyesore planned for central Edinburgh. They never learn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 What really irritates me is that there seems to be a new habit among talking heads/'experts' being interviewed.... Interviewer asks them a question. Person replies with "So... (pause)..." and then makes the reply. Is this another little device to confer upon themselves some additional level of wisdom , or authority, or... ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, beefybake said: What really irritates me is that there seems to be a new habit among talking heads/'experts' being interviewed.... Interviewer asks them a question. Person replies with "So... (pause)..." and then makes the reply. Is this another little device to confer upon themselves some additional level of wisdom , or authority, or... ? Posted the same thing a few months ago; it’s annoying as hell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, beefybake said: What really irritates me is that there seems to be a new habit among talking heads/'experts' being interviewed.... Interviewer asks them a question. Person replies with "So... (pause)..." and then makes the reply. Is this another little device to confer upon themselves some additional level of wisdom , or authority, or... ? Only excuse would be if it's a technique to avoid a nervous stutter. More likely they're twats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 6 hours ago, GordonD said: Mount Fujiyama translates as Mount Fuji Mountain. And (according to QI) Torpenhow Hill in Cumbria means Hillhillhill Hill. The highest hill in Cornwall is called Brown Willy. I wonder if that has another meaning? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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