tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post7716303633271755951..comments2024-03-29T10:49:18.192+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: SmidgeonYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-48274574456138278532017-02-28T09:20:39.289+00:002017-02-28T09:20:39.289+00:00I guess she enjoyed confusing the gal who had stol...I guess she enjoyed confusing the gal who had stolen away her beloved son. A sort of psychological revenge.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-17394498195532679002017-02-28T09:19:07.610+00:002017-02-28T09:19:07.610+00:00Thank you for this excellent contribution Derek. Y...Thank you for this excellent contribution Derek. You have taught me something even as I eat my breakfast.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-12179175813467105782017-02-28T09:17:36.991+00:002017-02-28T09:17:36.991+00:00I wonder where the name Canada came from. Was it a...I wonder where the name Canada came from. Was it a question that lost its d? Can a dad? Can a dad cut the grass? Can a dad stop snoring?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-38668955958767870282017-02-28T08:50:50.971+00:002017-02-28T08:50:50.971+00:00Yep! I knew that, but I didn't want to disapp...Yep! I knew that, but I didn't want to disappoint you! :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-23478927442719617892017-02-28T06:07:53.600+00:002017-02-28T06:07:53.600+00:00Down here in Kent farmers used to refer to the &qu...Down here in Kent farmers used to refer to the "emmet casts" in their fields, a few still do.<br />Emmet is an old name for the ant, hence ant hills became emmet casts. The word comes from aemette which became ant or emmet depending on where you lived. In Cornwall it was a slang name for tourists that swarmed into the county like ants, in summer.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-77434527996954423052017-02-28T02:16:03.195+00:002017-02-28T02:16:03.195+00:00Origins are interesting. To get kids more familiar...Origins are interesting. To get kids more familiar with what you can find in a dictionary I would give them a word and they had to get the origin and history of the word. It is all the more interesting if you find words like smidgeon.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-30814494178916985762017-02-28T01:59:19.754+00:002017-02-28T01:59:19.754+00:00Willn't is an excellent word. Quite a lot more...Willn't is an excellent word. Quite a lot more congenial than "won't"!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-78073881881134332632017-02-28T01:57:52.118+00:002017-02-28T01:57:52.118+00:00My mother in law gave me a recipe once that had be...My mother in law gave me a recipe once that had been passed down to her, and it began, "shortening the size of an egg" jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-39227130072828533762017-02-28T00:49:03.555+00:002017-02-28T00:49:03.555+00:00Yes please Margaret. My old ones are too tight.Yes please Margaret. My old ones are too tight.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-65465472822036170922017-02-28T00:47:54.320+00:002017-02-28T00:47:54.320+00:00Just bear-baiting again.Just bear-baiting again.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-69924505647585751322017-02-28T00:00:54.600+00:002017-02-28T00:00:54.600+00:00Not bloody likely, Yorkie...but you already knew t...Not bloody likely, Yorkie...but you already knew that. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-55743225524546062932017-02-27T23:11:48.929+00:002017-02-27T23:11:48.929+00:00Budgie smugglers?Budgie smugglers?Margaret Butterworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132595996801386452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-7378362795383843802017-02-27T21:58:30.790+00:002017-02-27T21:58:30.790+00:00Better than using grams and ounces and cups etc.. ...Better than using grams and ounces and cups etc.. They should use terms like handful, pinch and smidgeon in recipe books.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-68089114555849556542017-02-27T21:50:43.965+00:002017-02-27T21:50:43.965+00:00I use smidgeons a lot when I'm cooking, along ...I use smidgeons a lot when I'm cooking, along with a splash of this, a handful of that or a pinch of something else.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-40249668823166656502017-02-27T21:18:19.211+00:002017-02-27T21:18:19.211+00:00"Craptacular"? Yes. Ian at "Shootin..."Craptacular"? Yes. Ian at "Shooting Parrots" mentioned that in his Sunday Round-Up. Can a baseball bat be a bommyknocker? Should we rename Shrove Tuesday Butterbug Day? Our daughter invented the word "willn't" - short for "will not". Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-78946669312793932652017-02-27T21:12:18.332+00:002017-02-27T21:12:18.332+00:00I thought all Australian women had tattoos... like...I thought all Australian women had tattoos... like Rose. Sure you haven't got a visual representation of "Waltzing Matilda" on your back Lee? Or a koala climbing up your leg?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-12783993582542327702017-02-27T20:33:47.102+00:002017-02-27T20:33:47.102+00:00I love discovering the origins of words and very o...I love discovering the origins of words and very often find myself doing so. It's an interesting pastime, and I can lose track of time once I begin. I love doing the research and the learning.<br /><br />I hate tattoos, though!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-70932810033772970122017-02-27T18:51:45.268+00:002017-02-27T18:51:45.268+00:00I like the word smidgeon and don't use it enou...I like the word smidgeon and don't use it enough. I'm going to have to change that.<br /><br />We are fond of the words "bommyknocker" and "butterbugs" but you won't find them in a dictionary. Our son came up with those before he could talk properly. A bommyknocker is anything you can use to hit something else. Butterbugs are pancakes.<br /><br />Did you see that "craptacular" made it into the Oxford dictionary this year? A good word for those of us who prefer not to use traditional swear words.<br /><br />jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2098722077412701812017-02-27T18:38:21.421+00:002017-02-27T18:38:21.421+00:00Or maybe Oh! Meike Riley!... or Oh No! Meike Riley...Or maybe Oh! Meike Riley!... or Oh No! Meike Riley!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-68183063556422496512017-02-27T18:36:41.642+00:002017-02-27T18:36:41.642+00:00You're a smidgeon polished off? Parked off? P...You're a smidgeon polished off? Parked off? Praised off?... Now what might it be? Mmmm.. I'll have to ask your daughter's old teacher.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-23416497665964912782017-02-27T18:33:29.161+00:002017-02-27T18:33:29.161+00:00Have a nice day!... As smiling customer service fo...Have a nice day!... As smiling customer service folk often used to say in The Land of the Free.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-76281616174664912492017-02-27T17:58:57.277+00:002017-02-27T17:58:57.277+00:00Etymology in general is fascinating, I think. I al...Etymology in general is fascinating, I think. I also love finding out about place names and family names.<br />By the way, the Rileys originally came from Ireland, too. Their name used to be O'Riley, but at some stage they decided to drop the O'. I would have liked that, actually: Meike O'Riley.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-35190830418816731962017-02-27T17:53:22.514+00:002017-02-27T17:53:22.514+00:00I love the word "smidgeon"! And like you...I love the word "smidgeon"! And like you, I'm fascinated by etymology. No time to think of a favorite word to share, as I'm about to be a smidgeon late for work if I don't shut off the computer and leave! :)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2089544679829966362017-02-27T17:18:25.294+00:002017-02-27T17:18:25.294+00:00Smidgeon is one of my favourite words and I seem t...Smidgeon is one of my favourite words and I seem to use it a fair bit... a smidgeon of milk in my coffee. I'm a smidgeon p....d off etc.<br /><br />I also love the word "discombobulated". My husband used to use it a lot, so much so that my daughter whilst still very small at primary school used it too and the teacher said there was no such word. That would be the same teacher that said Venezuela was South of the Equator!ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.com