What are you currently reading ?

[FierceKitty]

Duffy's life of Frederick. As usual with Duffy, a page-turner.

[cameronian]

Kitty have you read Carlisle's 'Life of Frederick the Great' ?

[FierceKitty]

I have, thanks. My God, what that man did to English prose!

[kipt]

Finished "Attack in the West: Napoleon's First Campaign Re-Read Today" by Major WGF Jackson.

Another (but old 1953) book on Napoleon's first campaigns.  However, this book does a great job in the daily movements and combats with a sketch map on almost every page.  Very well done.

[Steve J]

The Napoleonic Source Book by PJ Haythornthwaite.

Just picked it up from 2nd hand bookshop and flicking though it

[cameronian]

I have, thanks. My God, what that man did to English prose!

Well he was Scottish 

[Leman]

That'll be ENglush proose then.

[cameronian]

That'll be ENglush proose then.

Indeed, always pronounced with the dipthong, the single most unattractive form of speech in the English speaking world (and I include here the universal Australian interrogative).

[Leman]

Really?

[cameronian]

Really?

God yes, bo-at, co-at, chee-ars, I hate it.

[Techno]

No, no, no, no, no........

There's one English accent that's worse than that for me.
"Ay ent don notten."

AAAAAARGH !!!!!! That's the one I find as bad as fingernails being dragged down a blackboard.

Cheers - Phil

[Leman]

Arr ay Phil, yu get! Dat's proper narky dat.

[cameronian]

The full on 'yam yam' Brummie accent is pretty awful too, see below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftI55NZyEPY

[haupt]

The full on 'yam yam' Brummie accent is pretty awful too, see below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftI55NZyEPY

Sorry, that's not a Brummie accent, It's Black Country ,quite different to those who live there.

[Leman]

Thirsty in Brum? Have a kipper tie.