German on the Broads

[HakunaMatata]

5 minutes ago, jillR said:

if there is any left.

Slainte 

[Gracie]

Sorry for the delay but a very warm welcome aboard the Forum from me  That is a cracking Boat you've got there, have hired one very similar, good luck and I really hope you enjoy your Broads adventure. I have been trying to learn the Scottish way of talking since joining the Forum, now I am going to have to try German lol 

Grace

[HakunaMatata]

Hi Grace.. do me a favour ..instead learning German help to improve my english.

There is a nice Cafe in Norwich with a Scotish Cook.. Have a cake and you will learn a lot about scotish language but understanding maybe you are more blessed than me...

[HakunaMatata]

Opps my mannors... thank you ... I feel welcomed . Delayed or not 

[HakunaMatata]

which Boat did you have ? I think, lets thay within 3 years time we will change the interior... tzo make it cosier for a couple...

tsts not what you think   lol

 

[Hockham Admiral]

Frank, hi

It's either "Scottish" or "Scotch" !     

But your English is ein verdammt Sicht  besser als meine!

[HakunaMatata]

So

14 minutes ago, Hockham Admiral said:

It's either "Scottish" or "Scotch"

so.. in a pup i have to order a scottish ?

[HakunaMatata]

I have to drink some more scoth to think about it and hope to get better when I am over there on your fancy Island

Honestly my Wife and me are really looking forward to join and hopefully be a part of this community.. thank you folks for this really nice experience right now here later on IRL

[MauriceMynah]

Oh Admiral !!! Even I know that the man is Scottish, but what's in his glass is Scotch.

Thought I'd mention it before Iain comes at you with his little dirk!

[JennyMorgan]

17 minutes ago, HakunaMatata said:

So

so.. in a pup i have to order a scottish ?

The drink is Scotch, the man is Scottish, or Scots. Even us English folk get it wrong sometimes. Strange race, the Scots!

[HakunaMatata]

8 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:

. Strange race, the Scots!

I 100 % agree... but a race that invented and gave it it to world ( the it is uisge beatha ) deserves my respect

[JennyMorgan]

6 minutes ago, HakunaMatata said:

I 100 % agree... but a race that invented and gave it it to world ( the it is uisge beatha ) deserves my respect

Joking aside, Iain, our resident 'pesky' Scot, has earned himself a large shed full of respect on this forum. He's an ace bloke!

[HakunaMatata]

20 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:

pesky

jokes aside he will love the term pesky

[HakunaMatata]

For the rest i just can say its nice to read his comments  but sometimes i have to read 3 or 4 times to get the real meaning of the words

[JennyMorgan]

1 minute ago, HakunaMatata said:

jokes aside he will love the term pesky

He will have to, he's saddled with it now!

[Poppy]

On 03/02/2016 at 9:56 AM, Baitrunner said:

Ha ha we have found a German who understands British humour as well 

 

In my experience Germans understand British humour very well indeed   

[BroadScot]

13 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

The drink is Scotch, the man is Scottish, or Scots. Even us English folk get it wrong sometimes. Strange race, the Scots!

My ears are ringing!  A whisky is not a scotch, its a Dram! Right, that's  it sorted..

Iain

[HakunaMatata]

as long the Dram means  uisge beatha .. I am happy to have a Dram

[MauriceMynah]

1 hour ago, BroadScot said:

My ears are ringing!  A whisky is not a scotch, its a Dram! Right, that's  it sorted..

Iain

 

My ears are ringing,.....for me and my Bells.

The birds are singing.....for me and my Bells

Ev'rybody's been thinkin....About how much I've been drinkin

And for weeks they're been talkin,....about some Teachers or Haig

 

They're congregating...... for me and my Bells

The Parson's waiting...... for me and my Bells

And sometime, I'm goin' to build,.... A little still for two...

Then they will chatter.........'bout we and our Bells

 

and now HakunaMatata, We are going to have to teach you the difference between Whisky and Whiskey, the latter it seems is "uisge beatha"

 

 

[BroadScot]

4 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:

 

My ears are ringing,.....for me and my Bells.

The birds are singing.....for me and my Bells

Ev'rybody's been thinkin....About how much I've been drinkin

And for weeks they're been talkin,....about some Teachers or Haig

 

They're congregating...... for me and my Bells

The Parson's waiting...... for me and my Bells

And sometime, I'm goin' to build,.... A little still for two...

Then they will chatter.........'bout we and our Bells

 

and now HakunaMatata, We are going to have to teach you the difference between Whisky and Whiskey, the latter it seems is "uisge beatha"

 

 

You may or may not know MM, but the reason Bell's whisky was named so, was, for those shall we say slightly over enebriated could always remember the name! As in geeza a Bell's pal. 

Iain

[MauriceMynah]

Oh! that corrects a bit of a misconception I had.

I thought it was a distillery created by Alexander G. Bell to take his mind off the inordinate amount of time his wife spent on the telephone.

[HakunaMatata]

I am looking forward to have a briefe introduction in those differences

[BroadScot]

3 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:

Oh! that corrects a bit of a misconception I had.

I thought it was a distillery created by Alexander G. Bell to take his mind off the inordinate amount of time his wife spent on the telephone.

Correct MM, but it has been said for many decades up here, that the short name made it a best seller. It is not these days so. Whyte & MacKay and the Famous Grouse, are top of the whisky selling blended charts. Not to be confused with our Single Malts.

I had to inform the owner/manager of the Wig & Pen in Norwich, that The Famous Grouse was NOT a malt whisky, but a blended variety off!

Iain

[riyadhcrew]

Famous Grouse is my favourite blend. It was my father's favourite and his father's also.

[BroadScot]

14 minutes ago, riyadhcrew said:

Famous Grouse is my favourite blend. It was my father's favourite and his father's also.

Hi Eric,

My father liked The Antiquary, me, I preferred Whyte & Mackay's as a blend.

Iain