Mister Slang
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Marseille, Mme. Don't believe the bad stuff. The wind whips off the sea, but the sky is a great joy, hot or cold.
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Marseille, Mme. Don't believe the bad stuff. The wind whips off the sea, but the sky is a great joy, hot or cold.
I could, not for the first occasion of the sort, have consulted my own work, though it is obvs. older.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I could, not for the first occasion of the sort, have consulted my own work, though it is obvs. older.
1st lesson: Sky blue? Tick. Sun bright? Tick. Weather therefore warm? No, no and indeed non. 10C, but windy: feels like 6.
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
1st lesson: Sky blue? Tick. Sun bright? Tick. Weather therefore warm? No, no and indeed non. 10C, but windy: feels like 6.
Oldest pal lives in Castle Acre, so Norfolk far from unvisited. But we are now a very long way away. As not even in UK.
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Oldest pal lives in Castle Acre, so Norfolk far from unvisited. But we are now a very long way away. As not even in UK.
My problem, I fear, is 'deke'. Deke? Setting aside the obvious and coarse, a little definition would be appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
My problem, I fear, is 'deke'. Deke? Setting aside the obvious and coarse, a little definition would be appreciated.
We used to go on holidays in the area. Larner's of Holt was this annual event. Big on the Choclate Olivers. I am talking of the 1980s. No doubt change long since descended.
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We used to go on holidays in the area. Larner's of Holt was this annual event. Big on the Choclate Olivers. I am talking of the 1980s. No doubt change long since descended.
Exactly. Why debate a given?
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Exactly. Why debate a given?
My pacemaker sends its best.
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
My pacemaker sends its best.
Give me six months teasing out ‘run’ or ‘set’ any day. I am sere and grey but beyond marketing, I still cannot see the point.
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Give me six months teasing out ‘run’ or ‘set’ any day. I am sere and grey but beyond marketing, I still cannot see the point.
Not quite how GDoS puts it…
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Not quite how GDoS puts it…
Remember you at TO, I suppose a little later. The word (or so the mental snapshot shows me) for which we do not have to search very far is 'black'.
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Remember you at TO, I suppose a little later. The word (or so the mental snapshot shows me) for which we do not have to search very far is 'black'.
Wolf in this sense is 1721 in GDoS. Did we really have to wait 222 years for the whistle to be set down in print?
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Wolf in this sense is 1721 in GDoS. Did we really have to wait 222 years for the whistle to be set down in print?
Jimmy Woodser won’t be happy.
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Jimmy Woodser won’t be happy.
Can’t beat 1943.
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Can’t beat 1943.
In wrong room for my concise SND but isn’t it Scots with some inference of hesitancy
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In wrong room for my concise SND but isn’t it Scots with some inference of hesitancy