tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post5425468981844727554..comments2024-03-27T13:34:10.184+00:00Comments on NORTH DOWNS & BEYOND: American whimsySteve Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-13482333684452679792016-09-21T21:46:56.092+01:002016-09-21T21:46:56.092+01:00Love it, perfectly acceptable, yes sireeLove it, perfectly acceptable, yes sireeJonathan Lethbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791327377479687655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-21962947421412737942016-09-21T17:49:09.140+01:002016-09-21T17:49:09.140+01:00No offense taken at all! I was highly amused. I ...No offense taken at all! I was highly amused. I do have to admit that I am very often perplexed by idioms and slang used in many of the blogs from Great Britain that I follow. And sometimes by the American ones, too! I believe it was George Bernard Shaw who said that Great Britain and the United States are 2 nations separated by a common language.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-38782719283225708002016-09-21T07:53:37.359+01:002016-09-21T07:53:37.359+01:00I feel your pain Derek...I feel your pain Derek...Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-43097779042795294412016-09-21T07:52:25.574+01:002016-09-21T07:52:25.574+01:00Oops! This must have read like a personal attack o...Oops! This must have read like a personal attack on you Wilma! Not intended of course - I could have referred to many other states other than the ones I mentioned. I apologise if any offence was taken. And thank you for the information on the use of the word critter. You see, those that have adopted it in the UK are misusing it!Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-89683155704889455852016-09-21T05:50:54.393+01:002016-09-21T05:50:54.393+01:00What has been pissing me of over the last year or ...What has been pissing me of over the last year or so, especially on Springwatch/Autumnwatch, is referring to everything, including birds, butterflies and insects as "animals" - Packham does it all the time.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-16016552501406684012016-09-21T03:51:03.050+01:002016-09-21T03:51:03.050+01:00Oh - and I was born in Texas. You hit two out of ...Oh - and I was born in Texas. You hit two out of three! Critter is a great word; use it wisely.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-45594499277071409802016-09-21T03:48:49.767+01:002016-09-21T03:48:49.767+01:00OK, I grew up in Georgia and a "critter"...OK, I grew up in Georgia and a "critter" generally refers to a mammal, less often to an insect. It is a perfectly acceptable colloquialism for "creature". At least in these parts! ;-)Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com