tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post5424540791559258327..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: Scrambles amongst the PicosChristine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-60902262318701524682008-02-11T09:15:00.000+00:002008-02-11T09:15:00.000+00:00Enjoyed this and have pointed to it on my blog whi...Enjoyed this and have pointed to it on my blog which has some word fun today! There's probably a fancier way of doing this but as chris knows, I'm a few kilometres behind on this particular techy trail!<BR/>Must go, wash and don my semmit as I'm sat here maukit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-6017877977603427992008-02-10T16:53:00.000+00:002008-02-10T16:53:00.000+00:00Cabeza....Espanol for "head"! Oops...the "a" shou...Cabeza....Espanol for "head"! Oops...the "a" should NOT have been there...poor typing skills!<BR/><BR/>My great-grandmother was an Irisher....she was a stubborn little thing. She passed away when I was 11, and I think I towered over her when I was about 7! She was never overly fond of anyone (me) and she called me Lola. as in, "what little Lola wants, little Lola gets!". It all began when I was about 18 months old and crawled up on the dining room table and played with the silverware! She was, regretfully, never one for blarney. Too serious, I guess!<BR/><BR/>Methinks I need to start writing down all these Scottish terms! Language is fun,to be sure. Especially when we supposedly speak the SAME one! hehehe You have no idea how nuts I was driven when I first started knitting. I found patterns for "jumpers". Here, a jumper refers to a style of pullover "dress" that one would wear a blouse, turtleneck, or sweater under. I soon discovered a jumper in the UK is a sweater!<BR/><BR/>James Herriot helped me discover bonnets and boots and your BIL taught me about windscreens on cars. <BR/><BR/>I love language...always have! And yours, m'dear is so wonderfully colorful! I so enjoy reading your blog!!!!! Keep writing!!! (and I am so grateful for the age of computers, as Goggle can keep me up to snuff on the "barriers"!)Katyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737231686320430126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-51260232537199814612008-02-10T14:46:00.000+00:002008-02-10T14:46:00.000+00:00Ok, kid, what's a cabeaza? Your turn, I think! I'm...Ok, kid, what's a cabeaza? Your turn, I think! I'm not giving away my literary bits yet - there just might be someone out there - but your comment gave me a good snigger. The leprechaun was a real Irishman, whose blarney kept me going for miles, and "semmit" (sometimes pronounced "simmit") is a very Glasgow word for a vest. That's a sleeveless low-necked T shirt as opposed to a waistcoat, BTW.<BR/>Isn't language fun?Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-16915172453291410062008-02-10T13:22:00.000+00:002008-02-10T13:22:00.000+00:00Well, the literary references might have gone WAYY...Well, the literary references might have gone WAYYYYYYYY over my cabeaza, but your vivid description had me nearly falling onto the floor with hilarity!!!! Words like vertiginous and decrepitude are not very common (here in the US of A, anyway) and although I figured 'em right out, they offered such a lively image!!!! Buzzards...gee, Chris...you had better write a book! You really took my breath away (laughing BEYOND hilarity, and now clutching my sides in agony) as I read the "short-arse" climb up the stairs....I am so short, my legs were aching as I was wretching about on the floor, tears of delight streaming down my cheeks. Thank God, no one else in the house is awake, 'cept the Scots, and they already think I am WAY beyond nuts!!!!! Okay, so was the leprechaun truly there, or were you hallucinating at this point? And, what, pray tell, is a "semmit"? <BR/>What an amazing climb this must have been! And, I can certainly understand your feeling of invincibility!!!!Katyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737231686320430126noreply@blogger.com