tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post2051085588576006554..comments2024-01-05T06:16:49.932+00:00Comments on Expat Mum: Mind How Yiz Gan - Take Care of YourselvesExpat mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-70165312376258671432009-01-14T13:53:00.000+00:002009-01-14T13:53:00.000+00:00Oh my head! Thank you for the translation. ;-)Oh my head! Thank you for the translation. ;-)TBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05587580447766102705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-79979724277133965872009-01-13T17:13:00.000+00:002009-01-13T17:13:00.000+00:00I cold actually read that and still figure it out ...I cold actually read that and still figure it out without translation. how? i don't know!<BR/><BR/>BTw, you look so young! Great photo.<BR/><BR/>i think it's interesting about your ashes being spread back home. Wouldn't you say by the time you die (if, hopefully, of old age) that you will have spent so much time in US that you sort of owe her your body by that point?! I debate this to myself.Mmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379020705220234984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-83030059641048303682009-01-11T11:44:00.000+00:002009-01-11T11:44:00.000+00:00Hello there, found you at "The Brit's" blog and th...Hello there, found you at "The Brit's" blog and thought I recognised the accent!!<BR/><BR/>(Am from the Boro meself, like! Though ah don't mind the odd stottie now an then!)<BR/><BR/>Great bit of verse by the way, and yes, you're quite correct, it is the Geordie lasses that cause most of the uproar on our streets these days!<BR/><BR/>Hope you don't mind me dropping by and adding you to my blogroll?<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>GaryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09500194484043227041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-46813735491059476082009-01-10T13:02:00.000+00:002009-01-10T13:02:00.000+00:00Did ye ever read the book Geordie? Twas a braw boo...Did ye ever read the book Geordie? Twas a braw book ....david mcmahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009095220051075552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-22948383084054591512009-01-10T04:17:00.000+00:002009-01-10T04:17:00.000+00:00We played 'guess where I'm from' with a workshop p...We played 'guess where I'm from' with a workshop presenter at my office not too long ago. No one could guess his origins - 'Geordie', he said. It made it a little easier to get the gist of the poem!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-64053759070821644082009-01-09T08:34:00.000+00:002009-01-09T08:34:00.000+00:00Great!! I just love it...I read it out loud for gr...Great!! I just love it...I read it out loud for greater effect...Sazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433666175721615185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-67150952400901809892009-01-09T06:19:00.000+00:002009-01-09T06:19:00.000+00:00Love it!Love it!Tim Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858684167484655029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-374440779494801992009-01-09T02:57:00.000+00:002009-01-09T02:57:00.000+00:00A lot of it is derived from the Vikings and the ot...A lot of it is derived from the Vikings and the other tribes (Jutes, Danes etc) who invaded, hence the similarity (I was talking about on someone's blog) with a long-ago Afrikaans au pair I had. She used to ring her family and think I didn't understand, but the first thing she said was "Howzit Gannin?". I never told her that was Geordie!!<BR/>As Lakeland Jo and I used to say in our office when visiting the ladies' room - "Am gant the bog. Watch me seat." (But we went to nice schools so this was purely an affectation.)Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-84544092649244503172009-01-08T20:34:00.000+00:002009-01-08T20:34:00.000+00:00It really is another language, isn't it?It really is another language, isn't it?Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-48253018979783927832009-01-08T19:59:00.000+00:002009-01-08T19:59:00.000+00:00Well Billy, you did say that you've been fiddling ...Well Billy, you did say that you've been fiddling around, technically speaking!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-77899663335017667252009-01-08T19:46:00.000+00:002009-01-08T19:46:00.000+00:00mum, I left a comment yesterday, in fact I left tw...mum, I left a comment yesterday, in fact I left two, clumsily losing the first, a long one (is there anything more annoying?), and now I see that my shorter, second one must have bit the dust, too? Sorry, pet. :-(Stinking Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577508577062044906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-81458677662787878202009-01-08T19:22:00.000+00:002009-01-08T19:22:00.000+00:00Why aye lass! Champion!Why aye lass! Champion!Hadriana's Treasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740533954842010870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-70092214042494959892009-01-08T18:39:00.000+00:002009-01-08T18:39:00.000+00:00Ah think yiz maht make yiz a CD, garlie. Yiz bette...Ah think yiz maht make yiz a CD, garlie. Yiz better t'en <I>t' Streets</I>, yeah? Bout t' same sentiment, doncha know? Good on ya.expateekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491622502934668348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-88538366834113458862009-01-08T18:28:00.000+00:002009-01-08T18:28:00.000+00:00Cheeky Monkey - Do I look like an Ayatollah peopl...Cheeky Monkey - Do I look like an Ayatollah people?!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-40457259519034486582009-01-08T18:25:00.000+00:002009-01-08T18:25:00.000+00:00still brilliant, and by the way the name was ayato...still brilliant, and by the way the name was ayatollah...Lakeland Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263946096580997595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-35371424558662091912009-01-08T17:17:00.000+00:002009-01-08T17:17:00.000+00:00yes, e.p.m. it's nice to put a face to the name. i...yes, e.p.m. it's nice to put a face to the name. i kinda had that image of you, so it wasn't too much of a surprise. sometimes i'm Waaay off. <BR/><BR/>oh aye, nice translation.<BR/>:-))<BR/>reminds me of laarn yasell geordie books.Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-89119507362039404652009-01-08T16:55:00.000+00:002009-01-08T16:55:00.000+00:00Firstly, it's SO NICE to put a face to you. Hello!...Firstly, it's SO NICE to put a face to you. Hello! <BR/>Second, a great place to get your ashes scattered. I want mine scattered at Gairloch in Scotland, where DH and I spent some fabulous camping time one summer.<BR/>Loved the poem - you really are quite talented young lady.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05443153003836499323noreply@blogger.com