Re: happy new year : Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:17 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

yes,it would do I suppose - the word 'Don' in french means a gift or donation including organ donations or 'gifting' money to the kids to avoid tax liability etc etc

the vagaries of the french language are as rich and diverse as those in english except 'oop north of course where people like me haven't a clue what you lot are all on about - for example, why is there no 'H' used in Yorkshire ? ie 'Ull,'Alifax & 'Unslet etc ?

All the best for 2011 to RL fans everywhere

Because Yorkshire folk like to get straight to the point, and any unnecessary letters are discarded in speech to save time.
Tha noz!

Re: happy new year : Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:25 pm  

Stand-Offish wrote:

Because Yorkshire folk like to get straight to the point, and any unnecessary letters are discarded in speech to save time.
Tha noz!

ok,think I get the drift,tho' I can't see a 25 letter alphabet ever catching on in the rest of the english speaking world...

Re: happy new year : Sun Jan 02, 2011 3:01 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

ok,think I get the drift,tho' I can't see a 25 letter alphabet ever catching on in the rest of the english speaking world...

We still use aitches in Yorkshire tha noz.
Otherwise if we were tellin' t'whippet to sit and the young pup thought we were droppin the aitch ... it could get quite messy.

Re: happy new year : Sun Jan 02, 2011 3:23 pm  

Stand-Offish wrote:

We still use aitches in Yorkshire tha noz.
Otherwise if we were tellin' t'whippet to sit and the young pup thought we were droppin the aitch ... it could get quite messy.

point taken,merci

[Jemmo]

Re: happy new year : Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:33 am  

HNY btw