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@Excellentsalvic Why would you be surprised? Ever heard of 78s?

I will be surprised if anyone here gets a 20 🧏🏻‍♀️

@Cantwara_ Zounds!

“Woundy” adv The Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect lists “woundy” as an intensifier meaning “very”. It comes from a minced oath based on the phrase: “God’s wounds” referring to the crucifixion. Woundy interesting!

@WorkElizab Nothing

What should I do?

@Jennife10651535 @BBCPM Baillie Vass?

Showing my age ..someone on @BBCPM said Alex Douglas HOME. IT was pronounced HUME back in the day

@Kentishtrivia In 1954 my parents bought from Martin Walter a converted Morris van which was then called a dormobile to ferry lots of students about. When we went to the beach, people thought it was an ice cream van

@dhyeats Yes, I used to have a VW based Dormobile. 1964 1200cc, 6V electrics.

#OTD 1926 Rules for Thanet Council house tenants prohibit the keeping of cage birds or any animals other than domestic pets, the driving nails into walls, or the erection of any sheds or wireless apparatus without permission. Lodgers and tea leaves in the sink are also forbidden

@Kentishtrivia Talking of vans, did you know of Martin Walter in Folkestone?

@dhyeats Missed out a comma there!

@Cantwara_ Re: Frisian ... I always wondered about that. Particularly as I remember seeing a TV program that said our DNA was closest to Frisian.

Procopius of Caesarea wrote in ‘Wars’ (De Bellis, Book VIII) in AD 553: “Now in this island of Brittia the nation of the Angles, the Frisians, and the Britons dwell, each so numerous that they appear to be without number.” What happened to the Frisian nation of Britain??

@Oldtimers365 Yes

@thatwelshanon I can't speak Welsh, only know a few words but I love to hear spoken.

I'm sick of hearing the argument "The Welsh language is pointless" ~390,000 people in the world speak Icelandic, compared to ~500,000 fluent Welsh speakers, and ~800,000 people with some form of knowledge of the language. Is Icelandic pointless? The Welsh, Gaelic and Cornish languages are integral parts of these isles, they tie us to our ancestors. We have a duty to preserve them. But only we can do it.

@AuthorGFAllen I do

Anyone else still prefer physical books over ebooks or audiobooks?

@Cantwara_ I think something like 12 of the first 15 surnames in Shropshire are of Welsh origin.

@Cantwara_ He said it was rude to speak Welsh. I asked him what he did when he. was in Spain. He said that was different!

I think we need to get into a mindset that when you are in an area which is overwhelmingly Welsh-speaking, you shouldn’t expect anyone to switch languages. Imagine a group of 9 Welsh 1st language speakers having to speak English because 1 person doesn’t understand! 😅

@owenjonesjourno @kateferguson4 So you're into potholes are you?

@kateferguson4 What I find so fascinating about your style of journalism is you actively pretend to be thick. You know he was asked a question which he answered - an issue which matters to a lot of local people. But you’re pretending that’s all he cares about. You pretend to be stupid.

As a Lewisham local, I just want my bins collected and the occasional fireworks display.

@PFDonato #theopalcauseway

It's #ShamelessSelfPromoFriday! Let’s start this day with a bang and show off your creativity. Add your link and repost to share with the community. #books #audiobook #ebook #poetry #art #comics #website #blog #podcast #YouTube #writerslift #WritingCommunity #BookLovers

@RealMattLucas Wow, that's really funny!

Happy 100th birthday to David Attenborough! I remember watching his very first documentaries back in the 1930s, when the chimpanzees wore three-piece suits and smoked pipes.

Can man not be repaired? If he were a machine, as some now argue, it would suffice to adjust one little lever slightly, or tighten some small screw, and people would start to take pleasure in treating one another as equals. Pp 566-5 Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob

@ColinSpenc4257 Not on

@ColinSpenc4257 Yes I do. I also remember when banknotes did have the monarch's head on them.

Who Remembers.