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On Wed, 13 May 2015 21:56:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 13/05/2015 21:11, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 May 2015 20:05:56 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>>>> Sorry I forgot Americans don't do irony.
>>>>
>>>> We do Steel. ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You also mangle pronunciation as well as spelling.
>>
>> Well, the origins of Heavy Metal are 'mucan in nature, as I understand
>> it (Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, etc.)
>>
>>
> I thought you meant steal as in steal words from other languages. My
> mistake.
>
> Sorry, you lost me with the switch to music.
I was borrowing a little bit from Cockney Rhyming Slang, but without the
slang bit.
Irony -> Iron, Iron -> Steel (as in metal, steel production was pretty
big in states like Pennsylvania), Steel -> Metal (to clarify), and then
Metal -> Heavy Metal music.
The joke isn't funny once explained, sadly. I suppose I could have also
gone Steel -> Law & Order: UK (but then you'd have to know that one of
the CPS prosecutors' names was James Steel, and given that it's a
programme with US roots anyways, it wouldn't have been as clever).
>>>>> Exactement!
>>>>
>>>> But I thought we'd established that I'm not the typical 'murcan. ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You must carry the sins of your nation.
>>
>> Pah. If I must carry the sins of mine, you must carry the sins of
>> yours - and you have a longer history. ;)
>>
>>
> And I do, also for the sins of recent history.
> I hereby apologise to the world for the British involvement in the
> colonisation of the New World and the Scottish settlers who became
> rednecks.
You could go for something even more current than that - maybe even
something that happened late last week. ;)
>>> Have you heard/seen Reg D. Hunter?
>>
>> Can't say I have.
>>
>>
> He is very funny with old world southern manners and charm.
I'll have to check him out.
>>> He is so ironic when he says that Americans don't do irony. :-)
>>
>> Fe. ;)
>>
>>
> Are we talking about metals again?
>
> 1 Corinthians 13
You like to plumbum with your chin, don't you? ;)
Jim
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On 14/05/2015 05:54, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 2015 21:56:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
> I was borrowing a little bit from Cockney Rhyming Slang, but without the
> slang bit.
>
And without the rhyming but as well, as far as I can see. :-)
You've got to be careful with Rhyming Slang. It doesn't travel well.
In Glasgow, for good friend we say China (China plate -> mate).
When I was working in Australia I called my best friend China much to
her horror. I am colour blind and had forgotten she was Chinese.
>
> You could go for something even more current than that - maybe even
> something that happened late last week. ;)
>
If you are talking about our election. I am too gutted to find anything
remotely funny about the situation. :-(
>>>> Have you heard/seen Reg D. Hunter?
>>>
>>> Can't say I have.
>>>
>>>
>> He is very funny with old world southern manners and charm.
>
> I'll have to check him out.
>
He has been on HIGNFY a few times.
I've not seen a full gig but what I have seen has tickled my fancy.
Here is a clip where he talks about racism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg6CTFwOalc
>>
>> 1 Corinthians 13
>
> You like to plumbum with your chin, don't you? ;)
>
LOL
Standard response from an old(er) person discussing current popular culture.
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Thu, 14 May 2015 07:40:34 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 14/05/2015 05:54, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 May 2015 21:56:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>
>> I was borrowing a little bit from Cockney Rhyming Slang, but without
>> the slang bit.
>>
>>
> And without the rhyming but as well, as far as I can see. :-)
Well, yeah. The slang is what rhymes, and leaving the slang out leaves
the rhyme out too. :)
> You've got to be careful with Rhyming Slang. It doesn't travel well.
> In Glasgow, for good friend we say China (China plate -> mate).
> When I was working in Australia I called my best friend China much to
> her horror. I am colour blind and had forgotten she was Chinese.
Whoops. :)
>> You could go for something even more current than that - maybe even
>> something that happened late last week. ;)
>>
>>
> If you are talking about our election. I am too gutted to find anything
> remotely funny about the situation. :-(
Completely understood.
>>>>> Have you heard/seen Reg D. Hunter?
>>>>
>>>> Can't say I have.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> He is very funny with old world southern manners and charm.
>>
>> I'll have to check him out.
>>
>>
> He has been on HIGNFY a few times.
> I've not seen a full gig but what I have seen has tickled my fancy.
>
> Here is a clip where he talks about racism
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg6CTFwOalc
Nice. And how did I not know Dominic West was a brit? I've been
watching The Wire, and not once did it occur to me that he's not an
American. (Unlike Idris Elba, who I previously knew from Luther)
>>> 1 Corinthians 13
>>
>> You like to plumbum with your chin, don't you? ;)
>>
>>
> LOL Standard response from an old(er) person discussing current popular
> culture.
Heh, I guess my age is starting to show. Used to be that I was too young
to know what I was talking about, even when I was. The body is catching
up with the mind, it seems. Hopefully the mind isn't regressing. ;)
Jim
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On 14/05/2015 19:45, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 14 May 2015 07:40:34 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>>>
>>>
>> And without the rhyming but as well, as far as I can see. :-)
>
> Well, yeah. The slang is what rhymes, and leaving the slang out leaves
> the rhyme out too. :)
>
And it being a couplet. Like dog and bone -> phone, Apple and pears ->
stairs. So next time give me a chance. ;-)
>> You've got to be careful with Rhyming Slang. It doesn't travel well.
>> In Glasgow, for good friend we say China (China plate -> mate).
>> When I was working in Australia I called my best friend China much to
>> her horror. I am colour blind and had forgotten she was Chinese.
>
> Whoops. :)
>
Woops indeed. But if you know me it is obvious I am a sinophile. :)
>>>
>> If you are talking about our election. I am too gutted to find anything
>> remotely funny about the situation. :-(
>
> Completely understood.
>
Funnily enough I found this amusing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-32736153
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg6CTFwOalc
>
> Nice.
Yes, by someone who makes a living by not being white. ;-)
Well done that man. :-)
> And how did I not know Dominic West was a brit? I've been
> watching The Wire, and not once did it occur to me that he's not an
> American. (Unlike Idris Elba, who I previously knew from Luther)
>
More power to his elbow, then. I've seen him on stage, years ago. Not
that I remember him very well. It was Ibsin's Seagull and I was trying
hard not to scream. Who cares. :-)
>> LOL Standard response from an old(er) person discussing current popular
>> culture.
>
> Heh, I guess my age is starting to show. Used to be that I was too young
> to know what I was talking about, even when I was. The body is catching
> up with the mind, it seems. Hopefully the mind isn't regressing. ;)
>
Yes your viewpoint changes a lot and what you were passionate about when
you were young takes on a different meaning.
I think that it is one of the things that annoys say, Americans and
Australians, about the viewpoint of Europeans. I like to piss off the
English who call themselves Anglo Saxons by calling them immigrants. :-)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Thu, 14 May 2015 21:47:18 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 14/05/2015 19:45, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 May 2015 07:40:34 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>
>>> And without the rhyming but as well, as far as I can see. :-)
>>
>> Well, yeah. The slang is what rhymes, and leaving the slang out leaves
>> the rhyme out too. :)
>>
>>
> And it being a couplet. Like dog and bone -> phone, Apple and pears ->
> stairs. So next time give me a chance. ;-)
Yeah, that too. But hey, it has words, so that's something. :)
>>> You've got to be careful with Rhyming Slang. It doesn't travel well.
>>> In Glasgow, for good friend we say China (China plate -> mate).
>>> When I was working in Australia I called my best friend China much to
>>> her horror. I am colour blind and had forgotten she was Chinese.
>>
>> Whoops. :)
>>
>>
> Woops indeed. But if you know me it is obvious I am a sinophile. :)
That's true. :)
>>> If you are talking about our election. I am too gutted to find
>>> anything remotely funny about the situation. :-(
>>
>> Completely understood.
>>
>>
> Funnily enough I found this amusing.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-32736153
Yeah, my wife noted that as well today.
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg6CTFwOalc
>>
>> Nice.
>
> Yes, by someone who makes a living by not being white. ;-)
> Well done that man. :-)
Yep.
>> And how did I not know Dominic West was a brit? I've been watching The
>> Wire, and not once did it occur to me that he's not an American.
>> (Unlike Idris Elba, who I previously knew from Luther)
>>
>>
> More power to his elbow, then. I've seen him on stage, years ago. Not
> that I remember him very well. It was Ibsin's Seagull and I was trying
> hard not to scream. Who cares. :-)
LOL
The thing is, I seem to actually remember his character in The Wire doing
a bad English accent of some sort at some point.
>>> LOL Standard response from an old(er) person discussing current
>>> popular culture.
>>
>> Heh, I guess my age is starting to show. Used to be that I was too
>> young to know what I was talking about, even when I was. The body is
>> catching up with the mind, it seems. Hopefully the mind isn't
>> regressing. ;)
>>
>>
> Yes your viewpoint changes a lot and what you were passionate about when
> you were young takes on a different meaning.
Very much so.
> I think that it is one of the things that annoys say, Americans and
> Australians, about the viewpoint of Europeans. I like to piss off the
> English who call themselves Anglo Saxons by calling them immigrants. :-)
LOL
Sounds like someone in a debate group I'm in who was insisting that the
UK isn't part of Europe. (Yes, he's British, why do you ask? ;) )
Jim
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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