tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post63023612204799631..comments2024-03-27T21:49:28.793+00:00Comments on A Yorkshire Memoir: Playing With DictionariesTasker Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-1201315285942818982019-07-29T22:30:26.341+01:002019-07-29T22:30:26.341+01:00Dim? No - you seem reasonably intelligent to me.Dim? No - you seem reasonably intelligent to me.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-3497055333662746252019-07-29T22:02:15.359+01:002019-07-29T22:02:15.359+01:00You only had to ask. Bloody dim. You only had to ask. Bloody dim. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-54531603151895929872019-07-29T19:38:03.985+01:002019-07-29T19:38:03.985+01:00What the **** does "sanguinarily crepuscular&...What the **** does "sanguinarily crepuscular" mean? That's the trouble with you lads from The West Riding - you're all so periphrastically palaverous.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-84877365280222846512019-07-29T18:11:55.600+01:002019-07-29T18:11:55.600+01:00Nope. I surrenderNope. I surrenderJayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-35057848089780431622019-07-29T15:30:32.637+01:002019-07-29T15:30:32.637+01:00Bet you can't do the second one from memory - ...Bet you can't do the second one from memory - or that little place on Anglesey Llanfair......<br />Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-80666015345608479882019-07-29T13:20:40.151+01:002019-07-29T13:20:40.151+01:00Ha, ha. No I did actually type it up, and from mem...Ha, ha. No I did actually type it up, and from memory too so no checking my spellingJayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-43791116326849879732019-07-28T20:57:34.859+01:002019-07-28T20:57:34.859+01:00Doesn't give you the same sense of discovery a...Doesn't give you the same sense of discovery as browsing and coming across something. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-62043021985851313282019-07-28T20:56:28.568+01:002019-07-28T20:56:28.568+01:00I still have a juvenile sense of humour too.I still have a juvenile sense of humour too.Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-13253459449131029012019-07-28T20:55:17.843+01:002019-07-28T20:55:17.843+01:00We used to talk about antidisestablishmentarianism...We used to talk about antidisestablishmentarianism as the longest word in the English language (did you actually type that or paste it like just I did). But it isn't - I've just looked it up as pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (pasted that as well). Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-71106204242740233382019-07-28T19:13:36.605+01:002019-07-28T19:13:36.605+01:00Oh, I don't think I ever came across any of th...Oh, I don't think I ever came across any of those words in my juvenile dictionary days. <br />As a kid, my dad used to play the dictionary game with us. He would open it at a random page and choose a word. We had to first spell it correctly and then guess at its meaning. I distinctly remember the day he came up with antidisestablishmentarianism. The old B~gger.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-2537971622776397152019-07-28T19:07:40.267+01:002019-07-28T19:07:40.267+01:00Simply reading 'excessive fatness of the butto...Simply reading 'excessive fatness of the buttocks' makes me chuckle. Great words all around! Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-31063919735349430602019-07-28T17:34:07.459+01:002019-07-28T17:34:07.459+01:00Now all the kids just check the Urban Dictionary o...Now all the kids just check the Urban Dictionary online for the latest in suggestive slang.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com