tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post2532133909659894942..comments2023-09-05T02:29:27.235-06:00Comments on Britishspeak: Top thirteensRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-9688782819311187312013-02-18T11:44:52.009-07:002013-02-18T11:44:52.009-07:00I would never sink so low. I'm more pelagic th...I would never sink so low. I'm more pelagic than demersal.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-1506243058263505762013-02-18T11:44:11.306-07:002013-02-18T11:44:11.306-07:00Wonderful Lake Michigan. Paradise. :)Wonderful Lake Michigan. Paradise. :)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-55496614232993269962013-02-18T11:42:11.538-07:002013-02-18T11:42:11.538-07:002000 kms, Lee? Can that be? That's a long week...2000 kms, Lee? Can that be? That's a long weekend drive! I would never have guessed that. :)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-3320234249868521942013-02-18T01:08:53.458-07:002013-02-18T01:08:53.458-07:00Your plaice or mine dearie....?Your plaice or mine dearie....?Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-24723777477538859422013-02-17T16:11:18.646-07:002013-02-17T16:11:18.646-07:00I'd better stop carping on...I'd better stop carping on...A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-18407884770958712022013-02-17T16:10:27.171-07:002013-02-17T16:10:27.171-07:00It's Dover's sole claim to fame.It's Dover's sole claim to fame.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-45403591091731997542013-02-17T14:08:16.738-07:002013-02-17T14:08:16.738-07:00Careful, he is just baiting' you.Careful, he is just baiting' you.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-74730571889720429802013-02-17T14:06:43.219-07:002013-02-17T14:06:43.219-07:00The ocean drops on the UK usually.The ocean drops on the UK usually.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-67449392925911783172013-02-17T14:06:12.008-07:002013-02-17T14:06:12.008-07:00Leviathan? he will give you a whale of a time....Leviathan? he will give you a whale of a time....Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-84324701842341016862013-02-17T12:27:42.164-07:002013-02-17T12:27:42.164-07:00What? Squid too? Leviathan and squid together, o...What? Squid too? Leviathan and squid together, or separately? I need to know.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-45567975536485893902013-02-17T12:25:43.431-07:002013-02-17T12:25:43.431-07:00I am, I am, I'm in real fear of Leviathan. I ...I am, I am, I'm in real fear of Leviathan. I may have moved to the wrong place. Where is the nearest hill?A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-35794604183595321382013-02-17T12:24:14.633-07:002013-02-17T12:24:14.633-07:00Portsmouth Urban Area is well known to me. Portsm...Portsmouth Urban Area is well known to me. Portsmouth City with add on bits. It matters not a jot where the boundaries are because these places merge into each other. Once upon a time they may have been pretty little villages. Some of them anyway.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-50241696926398429892013-02-17T11:55:27.028-07:002013-02-17T11:55:27.028-07:00Zombies are often found on here.......Zombies are often found on here.......Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-17867848939350551022013-02-17T10:55:21.387-07:002013-02-17T10:55:21.387-07:00Wow - Didn't realise such a post could spark s...Wow - Didn't realise such a post could spark so much vitriol! I personally found them very interesting and would definitely want to know how far places were from the sea, having grown up on the North Sea coast. I remember always being told that no matter where you live in the UK, you're' never more than 100 miles from the sea. Could do with that right about now as I'm stuck in the mid-west USA with nothing but a gargantuan fresh water lake. Just not the same.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-22257593952010148332013-02-17T05:17:34.550-07:002013-02-17T05:17:34.550-07:00Absolutely. The Department of Obfuscated Statistic...Absolutely. The Department of Obfuscated Statistics has the task of making seemingly simple information ultimately unreliable. <br />Way back in the second world war, they were the people who took the place-names off all the signposts and thus protected us from invasion by german paratroopers dressed as nuns, the current hiding of England's furthest point from the sea, or 'Pole of Inaccessibility' has kept us safe for a number of years from an oceanic squid invasion.<br />Scotland, having no such government department, has been invaded by squid no fewer than three times in the last twenty years.<br />Furthermore, the publication of accurate population figures may render an area more prone to Zombie attack.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-75099584413996250742013-02-17T02:24:48.947-07:002013-02-17T02:24:48.947-07:00English facts clearly, they are totally distorted ...English facts clearly, they are totally distorted and deliberately falsified.<br />As you would expect.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-71393478066287600432013-02-16T23:32:12.537-07:002013-02-16T23:32:12.537-07:00I'm going to have to rush out and inform all m...I'm going to have to rush out and inform all my friends about these fact.<br /><br />Utterly fascina...zzzZZZzzz...<br /><br />Whut? Whut? Wassatyousay?Symdaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08953255546935904450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-69001922062199497192013-02-16T18:09:11.213-07:002013-02-16T18:09:11.213-07:00Speaking for Australia....the farthest from the oc...Speaking for Australia....the farthest from the ocean in Aus is approximately 2000 kms. That is 1242.74 miles.<br /><br />That up there in the UK is a mere drop in the ocean! ;)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-13533568137178662482013-02-16T16:47:53.757-07:002013-02-16T16:47:53.757-07:00I don't know, Soub. I was only trying not to b...I don't know, Soub. I was only trying not to be another sheep with a top ten list of something. I find facts of the UK interesting.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-91752695662389526462013-02-16T16:30:29.920-07:002013-02-16T16:30:29.920-07:00As for furthest place from the sea, it's only ...As for furthest place from the sea, it's only really important if you live in fear of all things oceanic. If you're sixty or seventy miles away, then Leviathan is unlikely to come knocking at your door. <br />Architeuthis will not drag you from your bed with his suckered tentacled.<br />I understand the U.S. place furthest from the sea is in South Dakota.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-48716609564960294792013-02-16T16:14:50.135-07:002013-02-16T16:14:50.135-07:00Nope.
That's not what I meant, in fact, almos...Nope. <br />That's not what I meant, in fact, almost the opposite.<br />The point is that these populations are not those of the cities but of strange constructs such as 'Portsmouth Urban Area' What?<br />Manchester the city, and Greater Manchester, which is an administrative region, most of it NOT in Manchester. <br />"West Yorkshire (Leeds)"... What does that mean? Leeds is one of several cities in West Yorkshire, but the population is... what?<br />Are they quoting the population of the city of Leeds, or the population of West Yorkshire? <br />The lists you quote might look authentic to you, but are meaningless to me, because it's not clear what they're trying to describe. We don't talk of the 'Leeds Area' as a separate region. Do the figures include, say, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield? Halifax? If not, then where are they drawing the imaginary boundary?<br /> soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-4191407166991986962013-02-16T14:57:28.294-07:002013-02-16T14:57:28.294-07:00Yes, Rob. :)Yes, Rob. :)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-35642726227367652222013-02-16T14:55:18.332-07:002013-02-16T14:55:18.332-07:00Are you sure, Rob? That would really mess things u...Are you sure, Rob? That would really mess things up because it only goes up to 13.:)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-20873615058590024922013-02-16T14:32:47.141-07:002013-02-16T14:32:47.141-07:00I guess in the mindset of someone living in Englan...I guess in the mindset of someone living in England UK=Great Britain=England. Rob From Amersfoorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126935681056217032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-84349479119596327142013-02-16T14:24:45.268-07:002013-02-16T14:24:45.268-07:00There are two number 5's in the third list...There are two number 5's in the third list...Rob From Amersfoorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126935681056217032noreply@blogger.com