It can't be "chuffing" as it doesn't have a steam engine, and as it has only got a sail it's a dingy (without the H)

Thankfully I'm at work so Sheila can't get me gardening!! And she only lets me use the lawnmower as I can't tell a weed from a flower.

Speaking of pedantry.......

Why are you specifically saying there shouldn't be an "h" in dinghy?

My 'Collins' (and all the on-line spell checkers I looked at) confirm that there is one....but you do seem quite sure...?

That's the problem with picking others up on their grammar and spelling etc. .....you do have to be so careful yourself as others will jump on you given the opportunity.

(I'm sure there will be those currently scanning my own posts for errors in order to teach me a lesson.......and rightly so )

Edited 20 May, 201313 yr by oldstan

Speaking of pedantry........That's the problem with picking up others up on their grammar and spelling etc. ....)

As you say . (Sorry - just had to do it!)

As you say . (Sorry - just had to do it!)

Ooops!" Big smilie ... .... I only achieved grade 4 CSE in English in 1967 (and for those too young to know, that wasn't very good) so didn't even realise the error of my ways there.... but, noted with thanks.

Ah, the old CSE, so fondly remembered and later replaced with GCSE (God's Chosen Secondary Experiment). The world of education generates new acronyms almost every year, they come and go. There was CPVE (Can Photocopy Virtually Everything) and TVEI (Teaching Very Expensive Idiots) for example.

Speaking of pedantry.......

Why are you specifically saying there shouldn't be an "h" in dinghy?

My 'Collins' (and all the on-line spell checkers I looked at) confirm that there is one....but you do seem quite sure...?

)

Sarcasm, dear boy, sarcasm.

I know it should have a H in it, but have you never heard one called a Din-Gy? (or din-gee)?

It's OK Graham, I knew that

.... I only achieved grade 4 CSE in English in 1967 ...

You must be one of the newer fellas. We'd just adopted the GCE in place of the old 'Inquisition'

Scarcasm, dear boy, scarcasm....

Pardon?! :peek:

Grade 1 English Language O level

Grade 3 English Literature O level

Grade C English A level

Oh, and a CSE in Physics!

Sarcasm, dear boy, sarcasm.

I know it should have a H in it, but have you never heard one called a Din-Gy? (or din-gee)?

Ah, sarcasm with a hint of condescension thrown in..........

No, regrettably I hadn't heard of a dinghy referred to as a din -gee, but I haven't moved in water based environments much beyond raft races at Southend and Herne Bay and I realise that's sadly my loss as I'm sure there's fun to be had messing about in boats.

[ I am going for a trip, with a few others, up the Exe for a cream tea in June....does that count for anything? :-) ]

(Actually the grammar in the last sentence sounds a bit contorted, I hope someone can straighten that out a little).

And finally - the usual to keep things sweet.

No condescension Stan, at all.

Have a nice cream tea on the Exe, but as you're in Devon remember to put the jam on first. (or is that the Cornish way?)

Have been following thread with interest, since I started it, and thank everyone who as posted for a highly entertaining read. But how did whistling wipers get to cream teas in Devon?

Andy

Have been following thread with interest, since I started it, and thank everyone who as posted for a highly entertaining read. But how did whistling wipers get to cream teas in Devon?

Andy

Easy on the Yeti forum :-)

No condescension Stan, at all.

Have a nice cream tea on the Exe, but as you're in Devon remember to put the jam on first. (or is that the Cornish way?)

A certain degree of irrelevance in my case as I alternate the cream and jam in a multitude of carefully crafted layers until there comes a point where structural instability becomes an issue, whereupon one stops construction. The skill, then, is to get the finished product to the final destination without loss or, Heaven forbid, undue embarrassment to the Mrs, who looks on with a certain amount of disbelief despite having witnessed it many times before.

My wife doesn't allow me to do what I want: forget the scone and just have the cream and jam

Have been following thread with interest, since I started it, and thank everyone who as posted for a highly entertaining read. But how did whistling wipers get to cream teas in Devon?

Andy

Be patient comrade, we're working towards a solution to your problem. I have no doubt that before long someone will be able to demonstrate that a quick smear of clotted cream along the leading edge of your wiper blade will eradicate the whistle forever

Grade 1 English Language O level

Grade 3 English Literature O level

Grade C English A level

Oh, and a CSE in Physics!

...And a 'Pass' in post-post editing

...And a 'Pass' in post-post editing

Damn!! You noticed.

Damn!! You noticed.

That's why it's only a 'Pass' !

But how did whistling wipers get to cream teas in Devon?

Andy

EASY - it's a piece of cake with Briskoda