Hot Heart Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Raisins and sultanas are both from white grapes - sultanas are less dried out so lighter in colour, softer and juicier. Oh, really? I always figured raisins were darker because of the different grape. Interesting. I hate sultanas but don't actually mind raisins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 So what's different for Remembrance day in US (beyond the change to Veterans Day)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 I'd guess nothing. It's a federal holiday, so schools and government workers get the day off (in this case tomorrow actually), but for the most part I don't think much is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 Yeah having the day off is a definite change. (It'd mean jack this year though as Sunday is normally a day off). We have at most a two minute silence (both on the 11th and on the Sunday, which as noted is the same day this year around). You guys have anything similar to the poppy, or do you have the poppies too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 What's the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 I think Memorial Day is specifically about soldiers who have died, whereas Veteran's Day is about all veterans, whether they died or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 Remembrance Day does double duty for that (though it is mainly focused at WWI n WWII, so most of those are dead) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 I mean I think Memorial Day is for soldiers who are KIA/MIA, not just who have died since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 Rememberance Day is to remember those that fell in war, not veterans. We don't have anything for veterans here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 Yeah, we're not exactly much of a nation to celebrate active/recently active soldiers. (Especially with stuff like the Afghan/Iraq war of late). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 Was actually trying to find something else and came across this in the BBC web archives: http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/voices2005/glossary/glossary.shtml Surely some of those aren't yorkshire specific? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 I'm sure some of those are Scottish, e.g. bairn and aye. Others are definitely used elsewhere in the country (e.g. I'd bet more people would associate gaffer for boss with the East End rather than Yorkshire) but I suppose that doesn't mean they didn't originate in Yorkshire though I'd argue if they haven't remained peculiar to Yorkshire it's no longer Yorkshire dialect as using it doesn't mark someone out as being from Yorkshire. Some are just dumb like 'ead for head. Surely that is just accent not dialect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 FWIW, my take is... Friends and I have used "aye," though it's unusual, it's not at all hard to understand. Most people would probably understand "best y' do." Said like that, people here might assume it was carried in from Newfoundland. I've heard "faffing" once or twice in my life, but wouldn't count on someone getting it. Flagging is definitely mainstream - I've read it even in American news, but referring more to campaigns or stocks rather than people. Flummoxed should work with anyone with an above average vocabulary. I used to hear "friggin'" on playgrounds as a kid - it's not really taboo here, but it's a bit impolite. Gaffer means boss? To me, a gaffer is the guy on a TV or movie set who coordinates the wiring and electrical setup. Some say that someone "takes no guff" from someone else, but it's more a saying unto itself. Dunno who could define "guff" on its own. Surely "lass" can't be a regional thing to that extent? (But, it would sound foreign here even though anyone would understand it.) I could swear "manky" was part of some clique's slang like 15-20 years ago... We use "pop" here. There are actually maps of the US based on which areas say "pop" and which say "soda." There's quite the split it seems... I bet parts of Canada also use "soda..." Pudgy is an adjective that anyone would know. Reeks is also universal. Vexed is more like annoyed here, and maybe slightly advanced vocab. Yonder would work, but has a very literary feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 @TFG: Not necessarily. I've always understood accent to be more how the word is said than what is said. @Fuchikoma: As far as I'm aware the film gaffer comes from the boss gaffer. The gaffer being the boss of the lighting/technical dept, best boy n all that being under him. I'd take a stab at "yonder" sounding literary due to maybe reading it in books written by English authors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 (edited) Yonder would work, but has a very literary feel. That's funny, because to me "yonder" is a quintessentially hick thing to say, the opposite of literary or educated. *Edit* - And in my experience "friggin" is a playground version of "fucking". It's only a little worse than gosh/darn/heck, and comparable to "freaking". Edited November 13, 2012 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 @Dean: Most likely. It's not that unusual for more British English or antiquated words to fall into that category. @Ethan: Good point - I think it all depends on how one uses it. And also, that's exactly how friggin' was used in my experience. I don't really hear it anymore as an adult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Baps can also mean breasts. That is my contribution. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 (edited) Accent means how words are pronounced. That is all. Dialect means a variety of a language which may have different grammar, accent, lexicon. More like a sub-language of a language. So you can have an Irish, or Northern, or whatever, 'accent', and that's just how you pronounce stuff. But if you're thinking or analysing the Irish/ Northern 'dialect' you look at a lot more than just the accent. How they use words or morphemes (that is, suffixes/ prefixes etc.) differently, different phraseology,different syntactic constructs etc. For example, most varieties of English have about 3-5 uses of the article 'the'- the Irish English variety/ dialext has seventeen. That's a dialectical difference. And they still pronounce the 'the' weird. I didn't know about the 'bap' thing until very recently. Not used in Scotland. Really confusing, this woman was all like 'I'm gonna be all up in there, showing off me baps' and I was all like, 'on a night out? and you're a baker?!' Edited November 13, 2012 by kenshi_ryden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Hah, Tesco made a typo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 @TFG: Not necessarily. I've always understood accent to be more how the word is said than what is said. I know, and 'ead if just the yorkshire pronunciation of head, it's not a different word nor a different meaning so it is just the local accent nothing to do with yorkshire dialect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 I feel like there's some joke going over my head with that yogurt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hot Heart Posted November 13, 2012 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 I feel like there's some joke going over my head with that yogurt. I feel like there's some joke going over my head with that yoghurt. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/press-releases/uk-word-of-the-year-2012/ http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/press-releases/us-word-of-the-year-2012/ So over here our "word of the year" is Omnishambles. Over in America it's GIF (Which is kinda cheating cos that's three words). Also it's now apparently a verb "to gif, gifed, gifing". I think whoever came up with it as a verb misread when someone told them they were gifted. I've a feeling Tumblr is to blame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 The word isn't "GIF", which you're right is an acronym, it's "gif" which is not (though obviously it comes from the acronym). I think that's an important distinction. It's still a stupid word though. And I have never, ever heard anyone use it as a verb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 It is GIF, not gif. Oxford American Dictionaries announced today that it chose the verb GIF as its 2012 Word of the Year. GIF can be defined as:GIF, verb to create a GIF file of (an image or video sequence, especially relating to an event) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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