Every day is a school day

Our "Off Topic" forum - have a wee blether here.
Forum rules
Please familiarise yourself with our Board Rules and Guidelines
User avatar
Meg
Administrator
Administrator
Posts: 6131
Joined: Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:18 am
Location: Formerly Ardrossan, now Ayr

Re: Every day is a school day

Post by Meg »

morag wrote:I think I over use them..

You're missing a dot, there needs to be three dots or else ...

:lol:
User avatar
morag
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 11337
Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:29 am
Location: Stevenston. now in S. Cal

Re: Every day is a school day

Post by morag »

Meg wrote:
morag wrote:I think I over use them..

You're missing a dot, there needs to be three dots or else ...

:lol:
Figured I was dotty enough.... there's the extra dot for last time! :lol:
Thanksgiving here on Thursday... 81 f......November? And the east coast covered deep in snow, I wonder if my pal Cath, ex Stinstin, is snowed in?
"You don't have a Soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."
C.S.Lewis
Penny Tray
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 19110
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:46 pm

Re: Every day is a school day

Post by Penny Tray »

Having read today that an INKERMAN MELEE was once demonstrated in Saltcoats my curiosity got the better of me.

It originates from the 5th of November 1854 when the Battle of Inkerman at the Crimean War degenerated into a formless melee after both the British and Russians lost effective control of their armies. So there :wink: .
Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.
Retsum
Regular Poster
Regular Poster
Posts: 424
Joined: Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:55 am
Location: Aberdeenshire

Re: Every day is a school day

Post by Retsum »

I just learned these names for collections of birds:
A murder of crows.
A mischief of magpies.
A quilt of eiders.
An aerie of eagles.
A wisdom of owls.
A quarrel of sparrows.
A kettle of swallows.
An invisibleness of ptarmigans.
A descent of woodpeckers.
A committee of terns.
A pitying of turtledoves.
A banditry of titmice.
A scold of jays.
And many more.
User avatar
Meg
Administrator
Administrator
Posts: 6131
Joined: Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:18 am
Location: Formerly Ardrossan, now Ayr

Re: Every day is a school day

Post by Meg »

Fantastic Retsum, I still use First Aid in English to fill in things like this as collectives are no longer taught. This will be filed away to be pulled out the hat when needed :-)

Meg
Penny Tray
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 19110
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:46 pm

Re: Every day is a school day

Post by Penny Tray »

BROACHING THE ADMIRAL

I was intrigued today by the above headline in an old newspaper and even more puzzled to see that it referred to a conviction at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court in respect of someone stealing beer from behind a pub.

Googling the expression, I see the definition is - "To steal some liquor from a cask while being carried by rail or otherwise, or when in store."
Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.
User avatar
brian f
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 3606
Joined: Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:25 pm

Re: Every day is a school day

Post by brian f »

I have often heard people describe others by the the rude name "MONGOL" i could never work out the connection until today while having a quick look at a childrens Encyclopedia i discovered that- Mongol leader Genghis Khan (1162-1227 could not read or write.

I know the feeling Genghis ... :roll:
Penny Tray
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 19110
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:46 pm

Re: Every day is a school day

Post by Penny Tray »

I came across FAMA CLAMOSA today which will appear in the This Day in History topic tomorrow in relation to an incident in Stevenston.

It means - Any notorious rumour ascribing immoral conduct to a minister or office-bearer in a church.
Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.
User avatar
Meg
Administrator
Administrator
Posts: 6131
Joined: Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:18 am
Location: Formerly Ardrossan, now Ayr

Re: Every day is a school day

Post by Meg »

Sounds more like a disease PT.
Penny Tray
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 19110
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:46 pm

Re: Every day is a school day

Post by Penny Tray »

I've been close to football all my days and until recently had never heard the word FOOTBALLISTICALLY.

Apparently it was first introduced to the English language by Arsene Wenger, the French manager of Arsenal; and I heard it most recently from the Argentinian Ossie Ardilles, formerly of Tottenham Hotspur.

I wonder why we didn't invent it ourselves.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... listically
Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.
User avatar
morag
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 11337
Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:29 am
Location: Stevenston. now in S. Cal

Re: Every day is a school day

Post by morag »

Penny Tray wrote:I've been close to football all my days and until recently had never heard the word FOOTBALLISTICALLY.

Apparently it was first introduced to the English language by Arsene Wenger, the French manager of Arsenal; and I heard it most recently from the Argentinian Ossie Ardilles, formerly of Tottenham Hotspur.

I wonder why we didn't invent it ourselves.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... listically
We may have..but t wid a been fitba' ;)
"You don't have a Soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."
C.S.Lewis
User avatar
brian f
Mega Heid Poster
Mega Heid Poster
Posts: 3606
Joined: Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:25 pm

Re: Every day is a school day

Post by brian f »

I found this interesting to learn, just hope the link works.
Maybe our member Bruce was right when he claimed a wee while ago a peanut was not a nut . :wink:

http://www.news.com.au/.../misconceptio ... 7319313938
Post Reply