Of things we may name again

[Robert Poste's Child]

I just finished crocheting a bag. No English word for crochet.

[Passiflora]

You have a crochet needle point ahead for that Robert.

I'm trying to finish off a scarf.

[maxxi]

Can Tortilla become Spanish Omelette?

Possibly still too European so (as you can't make a Omelette without Brexit eggs) 'Little Tart'?

This could get tricky - best alt. trans. I've come across would be "Endearing Tart".

[Seabag]

Can I suggest 'crutching' RPC

Yeah, it sounds a bit rank I know

But this is the life we must bear

[Seabag]

Isn't Omlette in itself French maxxi

Maybe 'set egg disks from the pan' would be best

😳

[maxxi]

True SB, but I thought calling it a 'Beaten Tart' was going a bit far...

[civilservant]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> I just finished crocheting a bag. No English word

> for crochet.

actually there is - it's "hooking"...

[Robert Poste's Child]

Seabag Wrote:

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> Can I suggest 'crutching' RPC

>

> Yeah, it sounds a bit rank I know

>

> But this is the life we must bear

I fear that may cause more problems than it solves, Seabag. Perhaps we could just pronounce crochet 'crotchet'. That's just as bad, actually.

[Robert Poste's Child]

civilservant Wrote:

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> > I just finished crocheting a bag. No English

> word

> > for crochet.

>

> actually there is - it's "hooking"...

Isn't that for making rugs? I have vague memories of my grandmother hooking a rug, anyway, but she was Welsh so in the mists of time it may have got muddled up with rugby (easily done, I think you'll agree).

Any synonyms that don't sound like a sexual aberration?

[Seabag]

Erm....Ye Olde Pin Knotting RPC

That'll do it (well in the outer reaches anyway) beyon' tha Bromley Wall

Us 'inners' can do what we like, and like Canada, we can end up with 2 languages

[Robert Poste's Child]

Passiflora Wrote:

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> You have a crochet needle point ahead for that

> Robert.

>

> I'm trying to finish off a scarf.

Knitting or crochet? Scarves get boring after a while, don't they. I mainly do hats as they're nice and quick, and there's enough of a pattern to keep you interested.

[Robert Poste's Child]

No more 'toilet' signs. It will be lavatory or loo, as indeed it should be.

[rendelharris]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> No more 'toilet' signs. It will be lavatory or

> loo, as indeed it should be.

Don't know about that, lavatory derives from Latin and loo from Waterloo - a European language and a European placename? Tut. Bog derives from Middle English from the Gaelic...

[Jules-and-Boo]

mayonnaise = Oil egg and vinegar sauce = vinegar, oil and egg = Vinoe

[Robert Poste's Child]

rendelharris Wrote:

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> > No more 'toilet' signs. It will be lavatory or

> > loo, as indeed it should be.

>

> Don't know about that, lavatory derives from Latin

> and loo from Waterloo - a European language and a

> European placename? Tut. Bog derives from Middle

> English from the Gaelic...

Are you blaming the EU on the Romans and Saxons then?

[rendelharris]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> or

> > > loo, as indeed it should be.

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> > Don't know about that, lavatory derives from

> Latin

> > and loo from Waterloo - a European language and

> a

> > European placename? Tut. Bog derives from

> Middle

> > English from the Gaelic...

>

> Are you blaming the EU on the Romans and Saxons

> then?

Absolutely, we should strip the language of words of Latin, Germanic and other nasty foreign origins then we can all go back to the good old ways of grunting at each other in caves whilst painting ourselves with woad, the real Great Britain before we let all the damned foreigners in!

[Seabag]

I like the gentility of having words (the foreign ones often) to mask the harshness of 'our' language (whatever that is ffs)

Where's the loo? Is way nice than 'Lavatory' or God forbid 'Crapper'

Quiche vs Flan? Well quiche is for me savoury, whereas flan is 'generally' sweet, other than Bacon & Egg in a rougher flan type pastry

I refuse to live in a cave, I'll reserve that right for the 17 million odd others

[Jeremy]

Seabag Wrote:

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> We've always got English Sparkling Wine RPC

There's some good stuff, but a) it's quite expensive and b) without EU workers they won't have anyone to pick the bloody grapes.

[Robert Poste's Child]

rendelharris Wrote:

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> > > Don't know about that, lavatory derives from

> > Latin

> > > and loo from Waterloo - a European language

> and

> > a

> > > European placename? Tut. Bog derives from

> > Middle

> > > English from the Gaelic...

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> > Are you blaming the EU on the Romans and Saxons

> > then?

>

> Absolutely, we should strip the language of words

> of Latin, Germanic and other nasty foreign origins

> then we can all go back to the good old ways of

> grunting at each other in caves whilst painting

> ourselves with woad, the real Great Britain before

> we let all the damned foreigners in!

Except if you're going back that far, nearly all of us are 'damned foreigners'. I know, let's give the UK back to anyone who can prove they're 100% Celtic (those with red hair are out, they have proto-EU genes) and the rest of us clear off back where we came from.

[rendelharris]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> Except if you're going back that far, nearly all

> of us are 'damned foreigners'. I know, let's give

> the UK back to anyone who can prove they're 100%

> Celtic (those with red hair are out, they have

> proto-EU genes) and the rest of us clear off back

> where we came from.

Nah, the Celts originate from Austria. Tell you what, once things are carried to their logical conclusion there's going to be plenty of elbow room, isn't there. I think the Germans have a word for it...

[Alan Medic]

Austria, who told you that then? You're not getting confused with the Celts shipped out to Australia are you?

[rendelharris]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Austria, who told you that then? You're not

> getting confused with the Celts shipped out to

> Australia are you?

The Celtic culture originated somewhere around the upper Danube in the Iron and Bronze ages, but its people were gradually pushed west to the fringes of Europe (Brittany, Wales, Isle of Man, Cornwall, Ireland and Scotland) by the Roman Empire (this is from memory of some desultory linguistic studies about thirty years ago, so I'm quite willing to be corrected!).