Speeling Errerrs Our Permitterd

I like graffiti art and just plain old graffiti. It's good to know that "Jeannie's mum is a lesbian."
I suspect the author of the above piece of work can spell perfectly well. We all make spelling mistakes from time to time; we're human. But this is klearly an urban-kool spelling.
Which begs the [...]

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Cock Of The Town

Reading a book about Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ronnie Van Zant I came across the expression “tush hog” which described some of the people in Ronnie’s neighbourhood.
Apparently a tush hog is the kind of person who starts a fight for no other reason than that they wish to hurt someone, not for honour or valour, just [...]

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“Let’s Name This Hairy Beast ‘John’”

Dog lovers say their dogs are like children. Typically, this seems to be true when they don’t have actual children. Which is cool. Caring deeply for anything almost always is.
The same thing, I’m told, goes for cats, too.
Which brings me to my point.
I’m always interested in what people name their animals. Putting aside names like [...]

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Like it matters…

The MADE IN ENGLAND part, that is.

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Le Cheese Royale – Economy in Words

The people of North America (possibly South America and Canada as well, I’m not sure) have it figured out. They use what I’d call imperial measurements: good old pounds and ounces.
Here in Britain, it’s a different matter. There’s some confusion as to what we use.
Here’s a packet of out of date bacon I [...]

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Brrrrrr

So, it be winter here and it’s a tad parky outside. Exhaustive research (exhaustive being a relative term where I’m concerned) hasn’t yielded the origin of the word parky.
So, I’m going to attribute its origin to the old style parker coats people used to wear when it was…parky. Although I suspect the word’s [...]

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Moonlight Flit

So, we’ve completed the flit.
In northern England and Scotland, the word flit can mean ‘to move house.’
We’ve some strange dialect up here.

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Stuff At The Breaker’s Yard

bonnet n.
1. British, Australian, N.Z., South African. The hinged metal part of a motor vehicle body that provides access to the engine.
2. Any of various hats, especially worn by women.
3. Scotland. A soft cloth cap [old French - bonet]
Popping the bonnet doesn’t quite sound the same as popping the hood. I always thought [...]

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In Trouble Again

Rocket and Spire
Originally uploaded by idleman.
My mum used to say she’d give me a rocket if I got in trouble.
Some people, when they’re angry, say they want to shove a rocket up someone’s arse.
Just as long as it’s not Stephenson’s Rocket. You’d need a big arse to get that [...]

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Direct Communication

There’s no point, if you’ll excuse the pun, beating around the bush.
Tell it how it is.

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