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

So how did your translator have the name as Butterscotch?

ecossais, i think, means butterscotch. Doesnt it? let me check. oh i dont know. oh.. i remember beurre d'ecossais. i think that means butterscotch. I'd have to go home and check my kitchen cupboard to know for sure.

sorry didn't mean to cause confusion, edward the bonobo is convinced there is another one of me!!

so is french your 1st or 2nd language?

According tho the French, it's not really French.

They have a saying 'He speaks French like a Spanish cow.' I manage to get a giggle out of French people by saying (in an approximation of French):
'Sorry - I once lived in Canada, so I speak French like a Quebecois cow.'

English is my first language. I only dabble in french. I am not fluent, by any means, but i can sometimes fool people, because i have a good accent.

tried learning Greek once and that hurt mentally, wouldn't mind having a bash at French!

Whenever I see a Greek word, I never know whether to pronounce it or find the area underneath it.

Actually...although I've never tried it seriously...it's another good example of how you can guess from other languages. English, mainly. We all know more Greek than we imagine.

Eg...if we know that 'Beer' is 'Bira'm (spelled Mpira), we kan ask for a small one (Mikro) or large (Megalo).

Then there was the time I was driving 'round the Cyprus mountains looking for a particular historic church. There was nobody around but an ancient guy with a huge mustache, black cap and baggy trousers. So I guessed:
'Egglesia?' (see also 'L'eglise; ecclesiastical)
Hey presto!

Even 'Thank you'. Once you know that 'eu' is pronounced 'ef', it all becomes clear: Efkharisto = eukharisto = eucharist. And 'Poli efkharisto'...as in poly...gon.

'Thoste mou ena frappe, mia gala, sketto, parakalo'. That's 'Please may I have an iced coffee, with milk but no sugar.'

lived in Cyrpus for 6 and half years hence the attempt at learning the language. The Cypriots appreciated it immensley if you tried to use their language

Cyprus even!

ooh - wherabouts? I can't claim to know it very well...but I've spent some lovely times in Omodhos in the Troodos Mts.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.848369,32.808598&spn=0.003795,0.009613&t=h&z=17

I lived in Episkopi, but not consecutively for 6 and a half years, that was spread over 3 tours with the RAF! Still love the place my eldest son was born out there.

If I could move back there and get a job I'd be there like a shot

Not far from you really!

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.848369,32.808598&spn=0.003795,0.009613&t=h&z=17

OK that didn't work

sorry was meant to show Episkopi

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

hope his works!

I give up

google Episkope Cyprusit'll be easier!

Yes, I know Episkopi. It's where you turn off the motorway and head up the Platres road. We stopped there a couple of times to buy cakes.

The bakery in Epi was legend, me and my m-i-l used to go in and buy the long chocolate cakes with the broken biscuit through it, then sit with a fork each and work our way in from each end!!

probably why my pancreas packed in and I now have Diabetes!!

We were there one (Orthodox) Easter, so we developed a taste for thos things (flaounes?) with the halloumi and hemp seeds.

Used to love the Halloumi and Lountza you got in a Mezze or Kebab

I miss Tahini can't seem to find it anywhere in the UK, and Anglais Brandy!!