Re: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-01 Thread Robert Newson
> My reply of a few minutes ago to the Geoff Wicks letter was supposed to go a > couple of miles up the valley to Darren Branagh, not all over the place to > you lot! > Sorry about that, Why? I enjoyed it! & I'm an Englishman from Llundain. Technically speaking, TRUE English people (ie more ori

Re: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-01 Thread Bill Waugh
Robert Newson wrote: > > > My reply of a few minutes ago to the Geoff Wicks letter was supposed to go a > > couple of miles up the valley to Darren Branagh, not all over the place to > > you lot! > > Sorry about that, > > Why? I enjoyed it! & I'm an Englishman from Llundain. > > Technically sp

RE: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-02 Thread Norman Dunbar
Bill (of mixed origin) wrote : >> Celts - who in turn wondered over here from what is now Europe, and may >> have originated as far off as India, now the Picts on the other hand >> Yes Bill, what about us ? :o) Norman. PS. Beware of men in 'skirts' carrying a QL ..

Re: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-02 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>> > My reply of a few minutes ago to the Geoff Wicks letter was supposed to go a >> > couple of miles up the valley to Darren Branagh, not all over the place to >> > you lot! >> > Sorry about that, >> >> Why? I enjoyed it! & I'm an Englishman from Llundain. >> >> Technically speaking, TRUE Engli

Re: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-02 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>Bill (of mixed origin) wrote : > >>> Celts - who in turn wondered over here from what is now Europe, and may >>> have originated as far off as India, now the Picts on the other hand >>> > >Yes Bill, what about us ? :o) > >Norman. > >PS. Beware of men in 'skirts' carrying a QL .

Re: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-02 Thread Bill Waugh
Norman Dunbar wrote: > > Bill (of mixed origin) wrote : > > >> Celts - who in turn wondered over here from what is now Europe, and may > >> have originated as far off as India, now the Picts on the other hand > >> > > Yes Bill, what about us ? :o) > > Norman. > > PS. Beware o

Re: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-02 Thread Darren Branagh
Dilwyn Jones wrote :- >I presume that the typical Brit becoming black and Irish accented >implies people like Darren Branagh (who was born in Northern Ireland >and so almost British) with a QL plugged into his brain??? Sounds fine to me. I'm somewhat of a "Heinz 57" myself, Born in Northern I

Re: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-02 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In article <002701c0bb96$3d12baa0$f1075cc3@default>, Dilwyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>Bill (of mixed origin) wrote : >> Celts - who in turn wondered over here from what is now Europe, >and may have originated as far off as India, now the Picts on the other >hand >

RE: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-03 Thread Norman Dunbar
>>Norman has resided in Bradford for a long time now, so I guess he's now officially an Englishman. That's fighting talk that Bill Actually, due to population densities etc, If you're logic is true, then I am more likely to be Asian :o) Now, back on topic. Does anyone know if Jochecn is goi

RE: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-03 Thread Norman Dunbar
>> Norman has resided in Bradford for a long time now, so I guess he's >> now officially an Englishman. Whoops, sorry, it was Dilwyn and not Bill who wrote the above. Apologies all round. Norman. Norman Dunbar

Re: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-03 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Norman Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Now, back on topic. Does anyone know if Jochecn is going to be able to >finish his THINGS articles in QLToady. I would like to get on with creating >one of my own, and await the third part very eagerly. >I know you are very

Re: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-03 Thread Robert Newson
> Also intrigued that Robert knew the Welsh for London (it's quite close > to the original name, whatever language that came from). Why shouldn't eye know what me home-city is in Cymraeg (seeing as my nom-de-plume is(ish))? Tho' I can't remember exactly from where I discovered it. London comes

Re: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-06 Thread John Hitchcock
Robert said - "Why shouldn't eye know what me home-city is in Cymraeg (seeing as my nom-de-plume is(ish))? Tho' I can't remember exactly from where I discovered it. London comes from Londinium, the Roman name for Llundain; but where they'd got it from, any offers?" =

Re: [ql-users] Reply to Geoff Wicks Letter

2001-04-06 Thread Robert Newson
> "They gottit from the Celts and all that lot. They had called the place > 'Londo'. > > Londo = 'wild' or 'bold' which could have been a personal name or the name > of the local tribe." Thanking you kindly for this info.