Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Dont the cyder say "Not to be taken if operating Sharp Machinery" 

[Techno]

Is being Techno catching?
Because I'm using a craft knife while drinking cider.

Can we have the full story ?

I can't say whether you've caught Techno's syndrome, until I know whether you're holding the craft knife between your teeth.

Cheers - Dr Phil. MRCSI (Member of the Royal College of Self Impalers).........Next patient, please.

[Last Hussar]

I am unharmed.

I was making game markers by printing them on A4, sticking to the back of vinyl tiles then blade and steel ruler to cut them out.

[fsn]

I've just watched the excellent Mark Felton video on the Breda Panther Tank (Breda being a Dutch town, not an Italian company -- that confused me.) anyway, I was struck by the sheer elegance and horrific beauty of the Panther tank. Stap me, but the Panther is a truly awesome looking vehicle.*

*Not as good as the Centurion, obviously ... and I was just looking ... there's nothing wrong with looking is there?

[OldenBUA]

Just to clear this up, it's BreDA, not BREda, the emphasis is on the second syllable.

[steve_holmes_11]

Just to clear this up, it's BreDA, not BREda, the emphasis is on the second syllable.

Used to be Spanish...

As for the impressive looking Panther, I'm reminded of the punchline to a completely different joke.

"Just like yours, except it's on fire".

[Last Hussar]

My Sexiness?

[FierceKitty]

 

Just to clear this up, it's BreDA, not BREda, the emphasis is on the second syllable.

  -  but are you interfering with the Englishman's God-given right to mispronounce the names of other places? Dammit, man, next thing you know you'll be insisting he get English right!

[Steve J]

In English we tend to stress the middle syllable of any word, whereas in other languages there is even emphasis across the whole word. I noticed this watching 'Homeland' last night where the 'English' actor did this with a name, whilst the 'Middle Eastern' one did not.

[fsn]

Can I just point out I was going from the written title?

I thought I had stumbled upon the Italians building German tanks ...

[Techno]

  -  but are you interfering with the Englishman's God-given right to mispronounce the names of other places? Dammit, man, next thing you know you'll be insisting he get English right!

Place names are a complete sod.

You should try some of the ones near me. .

Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

Or this one Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu about 250km from me

[fsn]

But only 249km from the start of the sign!

[Westmarcher]

Or this one Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu

Apparently Gershwin's original rendition of Lets call the whole thing off just never took off until he shortened the name to "Taumata."

[originally the first line was You say Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu and I say Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu but it just never seemed to scan right.]

But it was only in 1979 when Quantum Leap wrote The Lone Ranger that Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu was successfully scanned into a song ...

I may have made some of that up. 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Paul that looks like a joke played on the English speakers