Passing the port

[watervole]

I'm still reading 'Watching the English' which is pretty interesting, though I think occasionally overstates its case.

Her suggestions as to which mannerisms come from which social class is interesting as it makes me aware of what I picked up from each of my parents (who came from fairly different backgrounds).

She comments on the custom of passing the bottle of port to the left around a table and says that no one has any idea where this custom originated. Well, my family never followed that particular custome, but I should have thought it was blindingly obvious where it originates.

It's got to be a pun. It it was called 'starboard' then we'd pass it to the right.

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[alphekka-alpha.livejournal.com]

It's got to be a pun. It it was called 'starboard' then we'd pass it to the right

Nice one! AIUI, the name comes from Oporto where it was shipped from.

Don't know if you're interested in mannerisms in speech, but when I was teaching in Barnsley, many years ago, ::shudder:: I heard children talk about "t'coil 'oil". (This is a cellar or bunker in which coal is stored, m'lud.) {g}

P.S. Icon specially selected so as not to disturb FF. 8-)
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[watervole.livejournal.com]

"The coal hole"

I remember I gave Frostfox a copy of my zines once in exchange for an old computer. She collapsed from shock when she realised they were gen/het and never managed to get to the end.

Should you fancy reading my Harry fic, ask her if she'd like to pass them onto you.

From the Home for Unrequited Harry Fics. 8-)

[alphekka-alpha.livejournal.com]

LMAO! Poor FF.

Fancy reading your Harry fic.? Well d'uh. That's a no brainer. 8-) Course I do!

Please, FF. {engaging smile}

Love the rogue and love RP-ing him too. He's even managed to creep into the current fic. I'm writing. I didn't plan it that way; it just sorta - happened... {g}
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