From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V5 #219 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Thursday, October 9 2003 Volume 05 : Number 219 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Re: welcome, alan! [Jean Katherine Rossner ] [RS] Enriched vocab [Buffy Breakwell ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 11:38:32 -0400 From: Jean Katherine Rossner Subject: [RS] Re: welcome, alan! >From: "alan teather" [snip] >I, in fact the whole family follow Hartlepool United Football Club which is >our local footie team ( you Americans call it Soccer ?) and Neale Cooper is >our Manager / coach. In other word the boss man. The "Barmy Army" as we are >known are the loyal band of fans who get up at un godly hours and travel for >many hundreds of miles every other Saturday ( generally) to support the >team. Only to travel home again ready for work the next day. Hence we must >be" Barmy", mad, stupid etc. "The customs man in shorts and cream Was as hairy as a carpet He said mate what's your football team I said Hartlepool United He said me father saw them play once back in '67 When he had to fake a gamy leg When they couldn't make eleven..." - Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies, "Had Away Gan On" - -- Quidquid Latine dictum sit, profundum viditur. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 22:11:11 +0100 From: Buffy Breakwell Subject: [RS] Enriched vocab >Okay, I gotta say... I don't ever remember the words "tonking" and >"barmy" appearing hear before! Congratulations on enriching my >vocabulary! (And my wife claims it's already colorful enough when we >drive in New Jersey...) Don't worry Alan, us Brits understood perfectly! (Um, there are only about 3 of us, unfortunately! Or am I wrong about that? Anyone?) Sounded quite normal to me! Incidentally, Neil Pearson/Fish records - excellent site and great service. I think we were among his first customers - I certainly remember him setting it up, anyway. Buffy (who, astonishingly, has written 2 posts in a week, which is undoubtedly a record for her. Sorry RG....yours is on its way. I save the important ones for last ;))) ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V5 #219 ***********************************