To order a pint of the local beer here you have to ask if you can have a Piddle.
http://www.piddlebrewery.co.uk/
Jez
On 19/04/2013, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Truth be told, I dodn't know the word existed, but felt that monopsony
> wasn't quite right. So I guessed.
>
> It's not the Scots English you need to worry about, Bob, it's probably
> closer to American Southern than you realize (certainly ought to be closer
> to Cajun), no, it's the Scots Gaelic on the road signs that is there to
> catch you. Much of the time you can make the connection, so Caol Loch Ailse
> could be recognised as Kyle of Lochalsh - but Obar Dheathain is not so
> obviously Aberdeen. And you just have to know that An Gearasdan is Fort
> William! At least you only have to read them. Ordering a "pint" of a local
> brew named after a local mountain is easy if it's Ben Nevis, but can be
> challenging when it's An Teallach (and next to impossible if it's Liathach!
>
> You'll be finding out soon enough
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Whitmire [mailto:bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 18 April 2013 19:27
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Zuiko 35-80 EBay
>
> That's good to hear, Donald. I feared from Piers' post that not only was I
> going to be faced with trying to converse in American Southern English to
> Scots English, but also have to carry around a sack of £50 words in order
> to
> make myself understood.
>
> Phew!
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Apr 18, 2013, at 2:11 PM, Donald wrote:
>
>> On 18/04/2013 17:26, Piers Hemy wrote:
>>> I suspect that the same applies in most places, Bill - over here,
>>> it's my impression that people do not go into teaching for the money.
>>> That it is to a significant extent an oligopsony is, strangely, not a
> factor.
>>>
>>> Piers
>>>
>>
>> Congratulations on working oligopsony into a discussion. I've only
>> seen that done once before...
>
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