tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post8165058244083316569..comments2023-09-23T11:56:33.164+01:00Comments on The random doubts of Walter Mondale: Christmas cardsMondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-36237920403327877562007-12-27T14:07:00.000+00:002007-12-27T14:07:00.000+00:00Interesting (?) fact: "Bor" or the Norfolk variant...Interesting (?) fact: "Bor" or the Norfolk variant of "boy" derives from the same root as the Dutch "Boer" or farmer. It originated as an agricultural version of the polite "mister", as to call someone "farmer" was to imply wealth and status. The Dutch influence on Norfolk is well documented elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/>Professor Yaffle, Self-appointed NLA Volunteer Obscurantist.Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-2165588267526431792007-12-27T14:03:00.000+00:002007-12-27T14:03:00.000+00:00Thank you for our December 27th card. December 27t...Thank you for our December 27th card. December 27th; one of the biggest holidays of the year in these parts.<BR/><BR/>Hope the mad British "lets all take the sodding week off anyway" approach to the holidays is a refreshing tonic to the American "bang, done, it's December 26th" method.Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-64411166209229969592007-12-20T21:51:00.000+00:002007-12-20T21:51:00.000+00:00Translated it means "Have you got a light boy?"mea...Translated it means "Have you got a light boy?"<BR/>meaning "would you be so kind as to light my cigarette".<BR/><BR/>It's how they talk here.Mondalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-15994680157165732192007-12-19T17:05:00.000+00:002007-12-19T17:05:00.000+00:00loight bor?Light beer?I better get a card:)loight bor?<BR/>Light beer?<BR/>I better get a card:)Maestrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266140167044751300noreply@blogger.com