tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post4223751767323933840..comments2024-03-27T09:33:37.646+01:00Comments on Omnium: On the Ides of March ...Sean Jeatinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-43047647330959084972008-03-19T01:59:00.000+01:002008-03-19T01:59:00.000+01:00jmb,it's still possible that my combining daff(ing...jmb,<BR/>it's still possible that my combining daff(ing) with around was 'unusual', not to say wrong. :)<BR/>I'll ask Colin and/or some other Scots.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-69716167717888488642008-03-18T19:18:00.000+01:002008-03-18T19:18:00.000+01:00As always, you keep me on my toes. The truth is s...As always, you keep me on my toes. The truth is speakers of a second language actually study it, whereas native speakers seldom do. I learned more about English grammar through studying Italian grammar for so many years. Not mastered sadly, but studied.jmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-78671016611707059952008-03-17T22:17:00.000+01:002008-03-17T22:17:00.000+01:00Oops, jmb.my dictionary offered as translation for...Oops, jmb.<BR/>my dictionary offered as translation for the German word '(herum)blödeln 'to daff' - (chiefly) Scottish - and 'to fool around', and I opted for 'daffing', as I thought it's nicer than 'fooling around'.<BR/>Ha, when dilettants are trying to write English. :)))<BR/><BR/>Thanks for telling, dear friend.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-2711958449342048992008-03-17T21:57:00.000+01:002008-03-17T21:57:00.000+01:00Daffing around? How is it I learn a new colloquia...Daffing around? How is it I learn a new colloquial English expression here? I'm still not totally sure what it means and google is no help. You are no 3 in the search! I am guessing goofing around but <I>chissà ?</I>jmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-87804235787490592092008-03-16T23:47:00.000+01:002008-03-16T23:47:00.000+01:00Jams,When politicians at the end of any conference...Jams,<BR/>When politicians at the end of any conference could announce, 'This is a historic day', I thought it's high time to lay my claims for an entry in the Books of History, too. <BR/><BR/>jmb,<BR/>nothing against 'My Fair Lady', but reading La Limoncello's adventures in the post office for me are far a bigger delight.<BR/>Could I have fallen off the ladder? Si no. :) Actually, I did just feel like a bit daffing around.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-48768145738884314692008-03-16T21:28:00.000+01:002008-03-16T21:28:00.000+01:00Amongst all the serious things of this day, two ha...Amongst all the serious things of this day, two happy delights. My Fair Lady and <I>La Limoncello </I>entertaining us still. <BR/>Oh, and of course you resisting falling off the ladder. How fortuitous. Was there a chance of it?jmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-18612169686771052342008-03-16T18:40:00.000+01:002008-03-16T18:40:00.000+01:00Not falling off a ladder? Truly it is an age of wo...Not falling off a ladder? Truly it is an age of wonder, Sean!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-83573728229907135592008-03-16T02:26:00.000+01:002008-03-16T02:26:00.000+01:00Glad you are glad, Welsh. So, there are already tw...Glad you are glad, Welsh. So, there are already two people in the universe being glad that I'd not fall of the ladder. :))))Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507673653895812509.post-37762433993192363212008-03-16T00:47:00.000+01:002008-03-16T00:47:00.000+01:00Many thanks, Sean. I'm glad you didn't fall off y...Many thanks, Sean. I'm glad you didn't fall off your ladder!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.com