GPs confused by 'manky' patients:
A group of foreign doctors left baffled by South Yorkshire slang are being taught the local dialect so they know when their patients feel "champion".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sout ... 724110.stm
you bloody Yorkshire lot, can't you learn to speak propah-like!
(the news report also provides a brief guide to Yorkshire slang, which will be useful to all of us on this site who can't understand a word of what the Leeds contingent are on about.)
ey oop, our lass is jiggered, she's been gipping all night
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Oh no! William Gibsonzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.CorpPunk wrote:Your book site is very nice, Laz!
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@CorpPunk: Many thanks - there's still a lot of work to do (adding reviews, plus a system where visitors can log in and leave comments about books, rate books etc - but it's coming along Now buy something from it, and make me some money!Karst wrote:Oh no! William Gibsonzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.CorpPunk wrote:Your book site is very nice, Laz!
@Karst: Bloody Oi!â„¢ Gibson's stuff is pretty damn good!
@ everyone else: Off topic after one post - is this a record?
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No.lazarus corporation wrote:@ everyone else: Off topic after one post - is this a record?
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
—Bertrand Russell
You're welcome. Put something up besides Gibson and I'll see what I can do. I'm not really into experimental fiction apart from Ishmael Reed, and maybe Auster in small doses...lazarus corporation wrote: @CorpPunk: Many thanks - there's still a lot of work to do (adding reviews, plus a system where visitors can log in and leave comments about books, rate books etc - but it's coming along Now buy something from it, and make me some money!
No, it's a talent.lazarus corporation wrote:@ everyone else: Off topic after one post - is this a record?
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and we could all learn a thing or two from you in this regardCorpPunk wrote:No, it's a talent.lazarus corporation wrote:@ everyone else: Off topic after one post - is this a record?
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<------goes all nostalgicmarkfiend wrote: No.
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
~ Peter Steele
And btw, Laz, it looks like our Mr Gibson is blogging again: http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/ ... rchive.asp
(Sorry for resurrecting, but I had a dream that this thread might try to get back on topic. Prevention is the best cure.)
(Sorry for resurrecting, but I had a dream that this thread might try to get back on topic. Prevention is the best cure.)
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CorpPunk wrote:And btw, Laz, it looks like our Mr Gibson is blogging again: http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/ ... rchive.asp
(Sorry for resurrecting, but I had a dream that this thread might try to get back on topic. Prevention is the best cure.)
well spotted - off to read his words of wisdom now.
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oh Gawd, it'll be...... "I have seen attack ships on fire" next
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
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