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  1. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    Again a cool, wet day and a chance to wear a Royal Navy crewneck WP.
  2. Ticklishchap

    White RAF Roll Neck Sweaters

    I'm planning to do that in the autumn. ... For now, I used the OKW discount to buy a Welbeck Woolly Pully in Heather Mix.
  3. Ticklishchap

    Guernsey jumper

    The dark green is a great colour and I have this in the traditional style. I have worn the traditional Navy and the traditional Olive Green many times in the past 6 months: I look forward to wearing them again in the autumn. It's not that I don't 'value' the v-neck, but I am a traditionalist as...
  4. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Agree entirely. Yet without some point of reference we are left with a large number of mutually incomprehensible English accents. This is an increasing problem as it makes communication more difficult across social classes, regions, etc.
  5. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Brooklyn is a marvellous accent. I believe that Flatbush is a strongly Haitian district now: their language is great as well, as is their music.
  7. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    There were lots of references to 'sugar' and 'honey' in the brilliant production of 'Ain't Misbehavin' I saw last night.
  8. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    It's a very nice quotation - I really like it. However I would say that it was better (I'm speaking here of England - not Scotland, Wales or North America) when there was a Standard English taught in schools, which everyone of whatever class or station in life would aim to speak. This does not...
  9. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I would like to apologise for offending anyone by criticising a certain type of English accent. It was an aesthetic judgement that’s hard to justify objectively and I know that accent is an emotional issue for many people, not least in England. ...
  10. Ticklishchap

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    Actually you’re quite wrong. Scouse accents are eloquent, poetic and a pleasure to listen to. Ditto Yorkshire and Lancs accents. The original Cockney accent is marvellous as well. It’s just Estuary English that sounds ugly and nasal. Yes I know that’s subjective but I’m not bothered. ... Well...
  11. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    The New Jersey accent would seem to be your social and cultural equivalent of what we call 'Estuary English': a nasal, flat, lower middle class evolution of Cockney associated with the Thames Estuary but spread over South East England. It lacks the colourful inventiveness of real Cockney and has...
  13. Ticklishchap

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    There is a sense that Florida is different from the rest of the South and has a lot of influences from the rest of the US as well as the strong Hispanic culture. As a digression, I love the Haitian Creole (Kreyòl) language, which I first heard in NYC but which is also spoken in Miami.
  14. Ticklishchap

    Question about guernsey (or any old style) sweaters

    The vents are one of the best features. I also like the length of the Guernsey. It means that I am effectively sitting on the hem when I wear it and am at my desk.
  15. Ticklishchap

    Question about guernsey (or any old style) sweaters

    I believe that the term Guernsey is used in Australia for a football or Rugger shirt, which we (in the UK) would often call a football or Rugger Jersey!
  16. Ticklishchap

    Question about guernsey (or any old style) sweaters

    Have you any examples of your sweaters - Jersey jerseys, so to speak. The only Channel Island wool sweaters I have worn have been Guernseys, of which I have many. I had my first when I was about 9 years old I think!
  17. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    Having said this, I have donned an Army Woolly Pully this afternoon as it is much cooler suddenly, which is great.
  19. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "Ipso fatso." It was common in the Era to refer to someone who'd had too much to drink as being "non compos mentis." Ipso facto, surely?! These expressions used to be in frequent usage here in the UK. Now they are barely used at all, partly because Latin has so much fallen out of favour in...
  20. Ticklishchap

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    I love it! There is something quite alluring and sexy about a Southern drawl, whether aristocratic or 'poorly educated' ('and I love the poorly educated' as some New Yorker said recently, I can't think who it could have been?). John Berendt (also a New Yorker) reproduces both types of Southern...
  21. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    It's a bit scary for mid-afternoon when I'm supposed to be working. ... "Truth is the recognition of [the] reality [that] Those who do not move do not notice their chains" - sorry, couldn't resist merging those two quotes. And they actually slot quite nicely into each other!
  22. Ticklishchap

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    Still used very frequently in England: 'She's finally twigged that No Deal Brexit is a terrible idea.' Twig here means finally realised or understood. It's a bit like saying 'the penny's finally dropped' - another somewhat old-fashioned phrase.
  23. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    There's a lot of English and especially Scots Irish influence in the accents and vocabulary of the Deep South. I hope I can get away with saying that Southern speech in general (not just the Deep South) sounds old-fashioned to my ears. An extreme example: I recall getting a cab in Washington...

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