h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

No, I think you need to ask another question. So I've stuck my nose in and done it for you

15th century, I think. Coronation of Henry VI. Or, rather, the feast that went with it.

I'll switch over to the ME thread that Wandrin'star has started.

For all of you on diets, needing to watch your weight, trying to avoid scons, noogah and ahmonds; perhaps you would like something colourful. Mauve for instance: "morv" or "Mohve"?
Oh, and Kaeori can join in as well.

Mohve for me and tohp for taupe. Turkwoys rather than turkwahs for turquoise What do you make of azure?
What about a bunch of _forsythia_ in a _vase_?

im thinking that the expression, not quite a full ticket,is pretty much worldly understood.and im not at the moment thankyou

Diet, plaguesville? Not me!

One of the culinary differences between US and British culture is the interpretation of 'sandwich'.

OK, we spell it the same, and both subscribe to the basic 'filling between slices of bread'. But there all similarities end, and I strongly suspect that the US version is more true to the original invention by Lord Sandwich.

Brit sandwich: two thin slices of "guaranteed 'fresh' for 7 days" 'bread' (term used in loosest sense of the word) filled with jelly or egg 'mayonnaise' (made with salad cream - yuch) or 'ploughman's' - slice of processed cheese, limp piece of lettuce, layer of pickle.

US sandwich: thick cut 'real' bread filled to overflowing with any and every kind of delicious meats or salami or whatever you can imagine. A full meal!

OK, OK - just to placate any Brits I've angered who may be wondering about the sandwich they were going to have for lunch: before you send me packing, your cakes and candies alone compensate for any shortcomings in your sandwiches.

Love you all!

BTW, what's it like in the sandwich department in other countries?

We're back to good old Northern efficiency again - it's slightly quicker to pronounce it as 'skon'. As there isn't already another meaning for the 'skon' vocalisation, there's no real need to worry about misinterpretation.
English has Germanic/Nordic roots, so it's *supposed* to have lots of nice short, hard sounds in it. Let's face it, 'skon' even *looks* like it's Norse

That's why north Britons pronounce grass, bath, etc properly, rather than in the southern 'grarse', 'barth', etc style. (or the American 'gray-uss', 'bay-uth' variants.)

We *pronounce* scone properly as well, it's just that everyone *spells* it wrong.

PS - T.C., it's *definitely* milk in first.

But I'm a Northerner and I've always said scone. Am I on my own here?
I've just discovered that you Americans call these things 'biscuits' anyway, so say neither skon nor scone. (Biscuit and Gravy as a breakfast option needed a lot of explaining to this British English speaker.)

As a simple Cornishman, these subtleties of language are beyond me.

As for food, why argue over 'scons' or sandwiches, when you can have a pasty!

Have you ever eaten a pasty outside Cornwall? It's enough to make you start up a thread about it.............. Please supply the DEFINITIVE RECIPE

I had a pasty once, and that was quite enough, thank you. It was a dog!

And who says we call scones 'biscuits'?

Brits call cookies 'biscuits'. Just like you call jelly 'jam'.

I was very disappointed when given my first "peanut butter and jelly" sandwich. I was expecting gelatine with fruit in. What do Americans call that?

I believe they call it Jell-O, but thats a brand name.

Hey guys, please don't mention p****t b****r. You wouldn't like me to throw up all over this thread, would you?

That has to one of the most evil substances my country has inflicted on the world. I apologise profusely!

You don't like the aforementioned substance, I take it.

I have to say its too sticky to use as a sandwich spread without butter or jam or the like but is very nice in Thai cooking....mmm - half an hour in the building and already thinking only of food...you can tell I'd no breakfast

Hungry Dunc??

You should get up earlier!!

'G'

Hungry - I'm starving. Darned alarm clock and its "snooze button right next to the off button" design flaw .

Anyhow - to get back to topic, ish, whats the past tense of "paraglide"?

Also - I have noticed that certain west of Ireland people say "thinkful" for "thoughtful" - is this a dialect or an error?

Much more difficult : what's the past tense of " spin dry"?
If "thinkful" comes from your lady's family, it's dialect. Otherwise it's a mistake.

As for paragliding I don't know what the past tense is. Does it need one? I am going paragliding, I am paragliding, I went/was paragliding
seems OK to me (Who wishes sometimes he listened to his mother when she said that I should learn latin to get a handle on English grammer).

As the past tense of 'glide' is 'glided', surely the past tense of 'paraglide' is 'paraglided'. Or am I missing something?

As for 'spin-dry', no probs if you don't forget your hyphen. Past tense is 'spin-dried'.

Alarm clock hint: put it out of reach!

BTW, if you use p****t b****r in Thai, Malay or Indonesian cooking, that's ok, because the other ingredients, such as tamarind, lemon grass and the-one-that-looks-a-bit-like-ginger-but-isn't, destroy the poisoness effects.