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Ah that's Mercans for ya!Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post
Years ago I read an account of how a wily (and bigoted) Mercan male politician did attempt to 'queer' ()the pitch for a female political adversary by circulating a leaflet in which The Public was informed that, while at college, this woman had both matriculated 
and 'become involved in thespian matters'
Sadly I forget whether this ruse worked for him or back-fired
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But we must not spoil it for Caliban, must we? Should we? Well, to be honest ..... Lepers!Originally posted by vinteuil View PostComment
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No no, you are all whetting my appetite! But was it really better than Ep 1...? And does no-one share my view that Fiennes was magnificent?!Originally posted by Anna View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Actually, Duckie, I thought Ep 2 was better and Fiennes was a bit too smooth and luvvie. Personally, the Arch Deacon does it for me, everytime.Comment
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And speaking of ignorance, in I step: I see Fiennes is playing Magwitch and Helena Bonham Carter Miss Havisham in the currently in production film of Gurt Expectorations. Well, hmmmm, have they both aged lately? ...Originally posted by Anna View Post
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Fiennes? Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE? Can me Ran!Originally posted by french frank View PostAnd speaking of ignorance, in I step: I see Fiennes is playing Magwitch and Helena Bonham Carter Miss Havisham in the currently in production film of Gurt Expectorations. Well, hmmmm, have they both aged lately? ...
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Queer how one word leads to another! Queer, often pronounced 'quare', in Irish colloquial speech can mean 'strange', or 'very', and a few other things as well, both positive and negative, depending on the context. 'It's a quare state of affairs we're in'; 'it's a quare good day'; 'that's a quare pair of shoes you're wearing.' So when a horse called Quare Times ran in the Grand National you had a choice of pronunciation - your Latin, or your Irish. Latin lost. Not so Quare Times; it won the National for Vincent O'Brien, and who was third - none other than Carey's Cottage. Queer, ain't it?Comment
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Three unrelated reactions to reading through this thread:
1 I know nothing about Robert Peston, but I do recognise the name as the man with a dreadful voice whose appearance on Today on R4 makes me turn off the radio. Can the BBC really employ someone whose control of English leaves so much to be desired?
2 "Queer Street" never fails to remind me of John Geilgud in the ITV version of Brideshead Revisited - in the scene when he lectures Jeremy Irons over the dinner table about his financial position.
3 I can claim to be another teacher who was given an exemplary start to my career from working for the wonderful ILEA.Comment
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Queers of all types apart, Is there anyone else on this Forum who has never been a teacher ... ?
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Meeee!Originally posted by scottycelt View PostQueers of all types apart, Is there anyone else on this Forum who has never been a teacher ... ?
I trained them, mind
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... I'll see your 'Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes' - and raise you a : Admiral The Hon Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax KCB DSO JP DL [28 August 1880 – 16 October 1967]Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
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in Manx Quagh (or Quaagh) - maybe a Gaelic root ? or possibly from English? = strange, foreignOriginally posted by PatrickOD View PostComment
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