Really TRUE odd factoids

[raleighnut]

The uk has the most diverse accents in such a small area. You only have to travel 50 miles to get a completely different accent. Every major city has a distinct twang.

So it’s hardly surprising that the people who emigrated have a mishmash of sounds.

Sometimes it can be less than that, when we went to Scotland for the first time we stayed just south of the border near Keilder and the next day drove to Keilder Forest centre where there were several well marked paths some of which I saw from an O/S map crossed over the border so the first time I entered Scotland was on foot.
Anyhoo where we stayed (B&B) they spoke with a broad Northumbrian accent but the next day when we drove up we stopped for lunch in Jedburgh only about 20 miles away and the accent was Scottish.

Mind you the first Scottish person I spoke to up on that trip conned me. There is a big stone on the border with SCOTLAND carved into it and a bit of a parking area with a viewpoint so Pamela (my ex) suggested we stop and take a photo. As we were doing so a guy got out of a car and wandered over, he was wearing a Kilt (well not a proper Kilt but a skirt and jacket rig) and after a bit of a natter Pam asked if she could get a photo of us shaking hands in front of the stone which we duly did. Meanwhile the guy had espied the pouch of tobacco in my top pocket and asked if he could have a roll-up so I passed him the pouch whereon he proceeded to take about a quarter of an ounce of baccy and roll a fag like a 'King Edward' cigar, briefly lit it and saying goodbye went back to his car. As we got back into Pam's car I said "I bet he'll rip that apart and get half a dozen fags out of it" still a small price to pay for the photo and luckily he hadn't seen the 'hip flask' in the other top pocket of my shirt full of Single Malt.

 

[Tenkaykev]

" ark, wot loight at yonder winder braiks "

 

[Beebo]

Over in the cartoon thread there is a joke about the fact that there is no limit to the length of pole you can use. In theory you can use any length of pole you want.

But there are limits on the efficiency of the pole and the human that carries it.

It has been calculated that it is impossible to run quickly enough for a human to get an 8 m pole into a vertical position.