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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Just zis Guy, you know? <[email hidden]>

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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:15:09 +0100, Guy King <[email hidden]>

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I notice Merriam/Websters gives "light raillery" under persiflage.

I am aghast that you would even consider any source other than the
Oxford English Dictionary!

But my OED (OK, shorter OED) has "light banter or raillery" under
persiflage, so in this case it doesn't matter.

I also note from my Merriam-Webster that the merkins don't seem to
have a meaning for "thingy" corresponding to 'a small thing' (only the
adj - 'of or pertaining to things'😉, which seems rather a shortcoming
in a language.

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I also note from my Merriam-Webster that the merkins don't seem to
have a meaning for "thingy" corresponding to 'a small thing' (only the
adj - 'of or pertaining to things'😉, which seems rather a shortcoming
in a language.

Got this though...

Main Entry: thing·um·my
Pronunciation: 'thi[ng]-&-mE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -mies
Etymology: alteration of earlier thingum
: THINGAMAJIG

Which leads to...

Main Entry: thing·am·a·jig
Variant(s): or thing·um·a·jig /'thi[ng]-&-m&-"jig/
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of earlier thingum, from thing
: something that is hard to classify or whose name is unknown or forgotten

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"Kate Dicey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Gawnsoft said:

The first time I used thetrainline.com it told me that there are no
trains from Edinburgh to London., and invited me to please select
other termini.

Come to think of it, that was also the last time I used
thetrainline.com.

Thass cozzit wants you to tell it Euston, or Kings Cross, or Victoria,
or summat. There's no 'London' terminus as such. Frum Edding Berg ther
terminus is Kings Cross. Frum Down Here izz Victoria, frum me mum's
it's Liverpool Street. 'London' hazz all different names depending on
where you're coming frum, see?

Twas that which confused the engines on the Isle of Sodor in "Gordon goes
Foreign"

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Simon Brooke said:

There's Klingon's on the starboard bow.

What? Again? Klingon's what?

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What goes on in uk.rec.sheds anyway?

What a good question. If you should ever find out, perhaps
you'll let us know?
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In article <[email hidden]>, Simon
Brooke <[email hidden]> writes

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But not as we know it, Jim.

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There's Klingon's on the starboard bow.

What, still? Tenacious little hooters, aren't they - they've been
klinging on for about a hectofortnight and a quarter, if unforgettery
serves me right...

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Andrew, who'll have to dig out the video now...
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Ambrose Nankivell said:

Dave Budd said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...
> The Autoroute suggestion for Dover to Durness is to first of all
> take the ferry to Zeebrugge (or somewhere similar). For some
> reason I have decided against that route!
> Jo

Oh, you never know, it might be good - I recall there was a chap in
Lunnun who wanted to go to Liverpuddle for a footy match and found
the cheapest and quickest route was to fly to Brussels and back.

National Express are advertising their new coach service from London
to Brimingham as being only half an hour slower than the plane. It
transpires that the only plane routing they could find for that goes
via Glasgow.

Mind you, I flew from Birmingham to Bristol 2 weeks ago.

That's verging on criminality given the CO2 costs of flying.
Particularly as there's 2 direct trains an hour between B & B.

Oops, I meant I flew from Birmingham to Belfast via Bristol, which is a bit
better. It was a turboprop plane, too, so relatively efficient for a plane.
Say about twice the CO2 cost of driving that distance.

A

Gawnsoft said:

The first time I used thetrainline.com it told me that there are no
trains from Edinburgh to London., and invited me to please select
other termini.

Come to think of it, that was also the last time I used
thetrainline.com.

I made two trips by train on Friday.

#1 Blackheath (Zone 3) to Charing Cross (Zone 1) - cheap day return
#2 Blackheath to Surbiton (Zone 6) via Waterloo (Zone 1) - single

While walking to the station I had to decide if two separate tickets,
a day return and a single on rail only, would be cheaper than a 6 zone
travelcard, valid all day on train, bus and tube. I didn't even
bother asking at the ticket office. I was convinced the two tickets
would be cheaper than the 6 zone travelcard.

I bought a cheap day return for £2.70 from a machine.

In the afternoon, when I went to the ticket office, I asked for my
single to Surbiton. The ticket officer said a single was £5.70 but
that I'd be better off buying a 6 Zone Travelcard for £5.40.

I couldn't believe it!

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persiflage

I notice Merriam/Websters gives "light raillery" under persiflage.

Thought that was a sort of tramway? ;-)

David E. Belcher

Ambrose Nankivell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Only once a day (excepting Saturdays)

Twice a day as of Monday; Virgin run one daytime train each way
between Euston and Waverley on weekdays, in addition to Scotrail's
overnight 'Caledonian Sleeper'.

David E. Belcher

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Simon Brooke said:

There's Klingon's on the starboard bow.

What? Again? Klingon's what?

Klingon's apostrophes, clearly. Oops.

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Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Gonzalez <[email hidden]> wibbled

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While walking to the station I had to decide if two separate tickets,
a day return and a single on rail only, would be cheaper than a 6 zone
travelcard,

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In the afternoon, when I went to the ticket office, I asked for my
single to Surbiton. The ticket officer said a single was £5.70 but
that I'd be better off buying a 6 Zone Travelcard for £5.40.

I couldn't believe it!

I can :-(

Wrexham to Manchester, at the time I have to go, is 11.20 return and
11.30 single.

Fiend here recently hootered off on a fairly last minute holiday for
6 weeks. Laandan return was 148ZU but she got advance singles for 18ZU
each.

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Kate Dicey <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Thass cozzit wants you to tell it Euston, or Kings Cross, or Victoria,
or summat. There's no 'London' terminus as such. Frum Edding Berg ther
terminus is Kings Cross.

Edding Berg? Oh, I remember now - he's that Norwegian bloke that used
to play for Blackburn Rovers.
I'll get me coat....

David E. Belcher

Peter Thomas said:

There is somewhere a bottle of Palmer's But Brown Ale.

A rather unfortunate mispring, if I may say so, Sir...

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Ancipital said:

Kate Dicey said:

Life.

Before anyone else jumps in, allow me to offer the horribly
predictable comeback:

"Don't talk to me about life..."

Or perchance:

"Life: loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it!"

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On or around 29 Sep 2004 00:56:11 -0700, [email hidden] (David E.
Belcher) enlightened us thusly:

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Ambrose Nankivell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Only once a day (excepting Saturdays)

Twice a day as of Monday; Virgin run one daytime train each way
between Euston and Waverley on weekdays, in addition to Scotrail's
overnight 'Caledonian Sleeper'.

someone coined a phrase following the failure of the new tilting train on
the WCML, and in connection with an interview with Branson about his new
proposed spaceship: "Euston, we have a problem"

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Peter Thomas said:

There is somewhere a bottle of Palmer's But Brown Ale.

A rather unfortunate mispring, if I may say so, Sir...

If I'd been meant to type or proof-read, I'd have built-in OCR.
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If I'd been meant to type or proof-read, I'd have built-in OCR.

Old Codger Regulations?

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Peter Thomas said:

If I'd been meant to type or proof-read, I'd have built-in OCR.

On-topic for urc, anyway

Guy
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If I'd been meant to type or proof-read, I'd have built-in OCR.

Old Codger Regulations?

Self-limiting to an unpredictable extent?
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