Spotty's Little Known Facts

[Bruce Rioja]

Scallywell. Nothing's changed, I'm sure.

[TANGODANCER]

Scallywell. Nothing's changed, I'm sure.

Indded, it has. It's deteriorated into a land not fit for heroes..

[Montreal Wanderer]

bollox. if we have adopted a word for something - we will pronounce as we like.

and the proper way to do it is as Bobo says above.

Yay. They'll be having us say Pa-ree and Mon-ray-al next.

Stand up for tradition .... even if it's wrong man. ffs.

If I were speaking English I would certainly say Paris and Montreal. But if I were ordering the dessert Paris-Brest I would certainly pronounce it Pa-ree. God knows what I'd get otherwise - some French tit I suppose.

[Worthy4England]

bollox. if we have adopted a word for something - we will pronounce as we like.

and the proper way to do it is as Bobo says above.

Yay. They'll be having us say Pa-ree and Mon-ray-al next.

Stand up for tradition .... even if it's wrong man. ffs.

If I were speaking English I would certainly say Paris and Montreal. But if I were ordering the dessert Paris-Brest I would certainly pronounce it Pa-ree. God knows what I'd get otherwise - some French tit I suppose.

So it might merit serious consideration, then.

[Montreal Wanderer]

While were on it.

It's not fecking Neslay either.

It's Nessels.

When I emigrated to Canada over 50 years ago I had this very argument with the colonials, I holding Nessels was the correct pronunciation. I was shot down when my opponents pointed out the acute accent on the last e on a tin of condensed milk. Where did that come from? I swear the English labels of fifty years ago at least had no accent.

[bobo the clown]

While were on it.

It's not fecking Neslay either.

It's Nessels.

Bloody right it is.

"The Milky Bars are on me ... Nessels Milky Bars"

[thebish]

While were on it.

It's not fecking Neslay either.

It's Nessels.

Bloody right it is.

"The Milky Bars are on me ... Nessels Milky Bars"

feck me bobo - you did it again, you scamp!!!

[thebish]

While were on it.

It's not fecking Neslay either.

It's Nessels.

aye - as the advert used to say... nessles milky bar!

having said that - I've boycotted them for the last 30yrs...

Ooo. Tale on?

it's a loooooong-standing boycott (lots of churches were involved) over their scandalous selling of powdered baby milk in countries where there was no clean water..

they would employ midwives who would push nessles formula telling mothers it was better than breast-milk... they'd go off and have to use contaminated water to mix it up with = lots of dead babies...

there was a famous photo of a mother who was told that as she had twins she could only breast feed one of them - the other would have to have formula...

[clapton is god]

Aye, we don't buy Nestle in our house.

[thebish]

that's a little-known fact...

[TANGODANCER]

"Scot Free"....it's nothing to do with a slave named Scott or Scotland. It means not paying your taxes.....apparently.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

"Scot Free"....it's nothing to do with a slave named Scott or Scotland. It means not paying your taxes.....apparently.

Indeedy doody. Scot was a land tax back in Norman times. All the inhabitants of a manor paid a portion of it to the lord of the manor, except inhabitants of hovels who owned no land and were therefore Scot free.

[Gary the Enfield]

"Scot Free"....it's nothing to do with a slave named Scott or Scotland. It means not paying your taxes.....apparently.

Indeedy doody. Scot was a land tax back in Norman times. All the inhabitants of a manor paid a portion of it to the lord of the manor, except inhabitants of hovels who owned no land and were therefore Scot free.

Like a tithe?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

"Scot Free"....it's nothing to do with a slave named Scott or Scotland. It means not paying your taxes.....apparently.

Indeedy doody. Scot was a land tax back in Norman times. All the inhabitants of a manor paid a portion of it to the lord of the manor, except inhabitants of hovels who owned no land and were therefore Scot free.

Like a tithe?

It was indeed a tithe tax, on top of the tithe. Only lords of manors that held a bailey could originally enact a Scot though.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Peanut butter was invented and patented by Montrealer Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884. I didn't know that until just now.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Peanut butter was invented and patented by Montrealer Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884. I didn't know that until just now.

What a wonderful man. I luuuuuuuurve peanut butter. I'm an organic, salted, and crunchy man me; pasteurised unsalted and smooth I'm not so keen on.

[LeverEnd]

Charles Dawes, US VP to Calvin Coolidge, not only won the Nobel Peace Prize but also wrote the music to Tommy Edwards' No. 1 hit It's All In The Game. However no-one knew his first name on Pointless today, most undeserved.

[bobo the clown]

Charles Dawes, US VP to Calvin Coolidge, not only won the Nobel Peace Prize but also wrote the music to Tommy Edwards' No. 1 hit It's All In The Game. However no-one knew his first name on Pointless today, most undeserved.

... & his brother sold tellies.

[LeverEnd]

Charles Dawes, US VP to Calvin Coolidge, not only won the Nobel Peace Prize but also wrote the music to Tommy Edwards' No. 1 hit It's All In The Game. However no-one knew his first name on Pointless today, most undeserved.

... & his brother sold tellies.

The question was to get the first names of pairs of presidential candidates and their running mates. Must admit Martin was the first name that popped into my head when I saw Coolidge/Dawes (well apart from Calvin)!

[thebish]

Charles Dawes, US VP to Calvin Coolidge, not only won the Nobel Peace Prize but also wrote the music to Tommy Edwards' No. 1 hit It's All In The Game. However no-one knew his first name on Pointless today, most undeserved.

... & his brother sold tellies.

The question was to get the first names of pairs of presidential candidates and their running mates. Must admit Martin was the first name that popped into my head when I saw Coolidge/Dawes (well apart from Calvin)!

and Hobbes??