tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post4492995439721301530..comments2024-03-27T15:59:11.066+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: Hooptedoodle #222 - Donkey Award - SOMSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-42814954632235669022016-05-31T10:42:49.108+01:002016-05-31T10:42:49.108+01:00Thank you. I thought I was the only one who though...Thank you. I thought I was the only one who thought like this - it's wonderful to realise that I'm not alone. I completely agree that Wireless 4's Today programme is the last bastion of good news reporting but I had never noticed an annoying prevalence of 'so'. Obviously, I will now. <br />My favourite phrase to hate is 'Let me make this perfectly clear.' Always uttered forcefully by a politician immediately prior to obfuscation or an outright lie.Chris Gricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578412472163593374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-33899515379056599852016-05-30T21:02:38.861+01:002016-05-30T21:02:38.861+01:00This is a fine reason to check out the mighty Jake...This is a fine reason to check out the mighty Jake Thackray, singing his own song about this very topic...<br /><br />https://youtu.be/TiXINuf5nbI<br /><br />Cheers - TonyMSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-13736744672142705742016-05-30T20:52:46.377+01:002016-05-30T20:52:46.377+01:00Excellent shout Chris - I've heard of this but...Excellent shout Chris - I've heard of this but not come across it - certainly they don't count the leeks and cabbages that way around here, but a knowledgeable farming man says it was still in use by sheep farmers in Dumfriesshire and Annandale fairly recently - maybe still used.<br /><br />Interesting Wiki page at <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_tan_tethera<br /><br />It is Brythonic, your right, and it was all over the country - interesting also that Brythonic nothing like Scots Gaelic - nearest modern equivalent is probably Welsh.<br /><br />No-one can say this blog is without educational merit. Well, they can say it, but I might protest.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-64827624406074272882016-05-30T20:47:57.052+01:002016-05-30T20:47:57.052+01:00Absolutely.Absolutely.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-40805466290022300252016-05-30T20:47:34.133+01:002016-05-30T20:47:34.133+01:00Brought up proper - that's the way. In Scotlan...Brought up proper - that's the way. In Scotland there's always been a traditional suspicion of people that have a lot to say - I keep my head down and sup my ale. If the "Today" show is compromised, it's the end of civilisation as we know it.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-31512760145435512202016-05-30T20:41:15.559+01:002016-05-30T20:41:15.559+01:00"Look" isn't good either - I'm a..."Look" isn't good either - I'm also growing suspicious of "our research has demonstrated that..."MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-72394924612615668062016-05-30T20:18:18.160+01:002016-05-30T20:18:18.160+01:00Re: this bit "everybody around here in Lowlan...Re: this bit "everybody around here in Lowland Scotland would still be speaking Old Brythonic, and I doubt if a single word of that ancient language is still in common use here." I remember in the Vanished Kingdoms chapter on Strathclyde/Rheged, Norman Davies saying something about sheep farmers in Cumbria and the Lowlands still using the 'yan tan tethera etc' for counting sheep into the 20th century. Has that died a death now?nundankethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895608927860103442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-6668474749870659892016-05-30T12:46:38.991+01:002016-05-30T12:46:38.991+01:00"Look" is high on my list of annoyances ..."Look" is high on my list of annoyances too. In the States, it is most often associated with political pundits. In context, I always hear it as an admonition of superiority such as "Look, you idiot..."Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-82190769837002837872016-05-30T11:57:00.847+01:002016-05-30T11:57:00.847+01:00Know what you mean it's soooo annoying init!, ...Know what you mean it's soooo annoying init!, Tony <br />The Good Soldier Svjekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749564052124659180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-26886377479574853252016-05-30T11:11:53.139+01:002016-05-30T11:11:53.139+01:00I agree with every syllable! Now and then, I still...I agree with every syllable! Now and then, I still speak in an 'old Salford' dialect, but I think I do it out of a sense of mischief really. <br />I have many pet hates with new speak and two worth adding to your list are the misuse of 'totally' and the promotion of 'absolutely' to the status of a complete sentence.<br />When I were a lad we were taught ter speak proper an' t'conversation were alles clearly unnerstud. Wi were common, but wi knew it an' didn't bother much about it.<br />And you can't beat the Today programme. It'll go if Murdoch ever gets his way 😔GaryAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06963552380378929829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-49769520677659034622016-05-30T10:17:04.830+01:002016-05-30T10:17:04.830+01:00My current betes-noire - first, radio or televisio...My current betes-noire - first, radio or television presenters who ask questions then provide multiple choice answers and second, politicians or others, when asked a question, start their answer with "Look".Pierre le Poiluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06436066439479804578noreply@blogger.com