MargieH 7,594 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 A favourite hymn of mine starts with 'And'. Come on, Loppy, you must know this one! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 And did those feet, in ancient times.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 1 hour ago, TBI said: Has anyone noticed the latest...everyone seems to start a sentence with ...So.... Yes TBI, I’ve noticed that too. Also, mainly footballers when being interviewed, post match ...... they start a sentence with ‘Absolutely ......’ 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 BK, I know it begins with 'and' but I really dislike that one as it's so inaccurate and waffly. Think of another... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 5 hours ago, plantfit said: Ying and Yang ??? means male &female Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 There are five of them MargieH Only ever heard the one that Beekay suggested, inaccurate it may be but it is a stirring piece of music especially when heard with Land of Hope and Glory at the Last Night of the Proms Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 Hey! is a common form of greeting here, As in, Hey, how ya doin'. Bit like EYup,Duck. Many would think it bad English, but as y'all know its been common around Nottingham for longer than I've been around. I remember as a kid, Cursive text was called 'double writing' for some reason. Stated in junior school after printing in infant school. Seems like we soon got the hang of it. Never heard it referred to as cursive 'til I moved here. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 49 minutes ago, MargieH said: A favourite hymn of mine starts with 'And'. Come on, Loppy, you must know this one! And Can it Be? John or Charles Wesley I think. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 Ayeup, I agree the music for that 'Jerusalem' song is good but not the words... YES that's the one, Loppy. I chose that at my Baptism. Trouble is, I still can't sing the words of one verse in particular without getting emotional... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 Lot of them affect me that way in these day's Margie. Especially when they get into the reunion we all look forward too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 Was told similar Brew, AND,SO,BUT and THEN, also a lot of continental sports men and women answer questions about their performance with "FOR SURE" Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,893 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 Good morning Members BUT we do understand each other no matter how or what we write. AND talking about cursive writing , children here learn as soon as they recognise and can write the letters. SO its a strange way they learn. They start forming the letters on squared graph paper that way they have to form the letter within that square. To see a 6-7 yr old child's writing is a joy, it puts our generations writing to shame . to take the mickey but it has become the way we sometimes talk. When I was at school the only thing I remember was about the word "AND" that you don't use after a full stop. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 Surely Margie, Jerusalem would be a better National anthem than dirge we've got now. A lot of people think so. Me, I'm not bothered as am a confirmed Ewok. PS. Sing us a few bars of Can it be, so we can get the feel of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 11 hours ago, loppylugs said: I remember as a kid, Cursive text was called 'double writing' for some reason. I'd forgotten that, but I remember the name being used in infant and junior schools. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 I used to do Cursive text at school and screw the paper up into little balls and flick it off my ruler at the lads. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 Or joined up writing. Children usually started by writing patterns in a specially lined handwriting book. My writing is atrocious which is why I type everything! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 11 hours ago, MargieH said: Ayeup, I agree the music for that 'Jerusalem' song is good but not the words... What's wrong with the words? It's a fine poem by William Blake, alluding to the legend that Christ visited England as a child. I love the whole hymn and sing it regularly around the house! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 My personal favourite is 'Once to every man and Nation/Comes the moment to decide' which could be seen as slightly topical at present! The tune is Ebenezer, also known as Ton Y Botel. Ends on a striking tierce de Picardie (a major chord). It was a Manning School favourite but I've rarely heard it sung elsewhere. If you aren't familiar with the tune, Loppy, have a look. The words are also fascinating. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 Pseudopatriotic, oversentimentalised religious hypocrasy with a stirring tune. My wife says the local WI don't sing it any more since the piano was sold. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,893 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 Did anyone have to learn ITALIGRAPH writing'? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 Has anyone heard of ITALIGRAPH writing ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 54 minutes ago, philmayfield said: My wife says the local WI don't sing it any more since the piano was sold. I'm not a member of the Women's Institute. I have an aversion to institutions. As Groucho said, "Marriage is a wonderful institution but who wants to live in an institution?" Don't make jam either. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 I’m with you on that. I don’t belong to anything (other than my professional body who have just granted me free life membership and a certificate!). Nothing worse than having to go to meetings with a bunch of old people and listen to them talk about ailments. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 37 minutes ago, nonnaB said: Did anyone have to learn ITALIGRAPH writing'? We simply called it italic writing. It wasn't taught as such but the English teacher at Fairham had the best handwriting I've ever seen, he wrote in italics. The only formal writing style was Marion Richardson (mentioned on this site some time ago). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 891 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 I'm familiar with And Can it Be and Ebenezer, I encountered them many times in the 80s, but with different words to Ebenezer, (we were Chapel) and others, Ellers, and the sailors' hymn tune Melita. Add to that St Clement, all stirring tunes. (One or two interesting cadences in Ebenezer too) When, as a junior, I was sent off to chapel on Sundays I didn't much listen to the talking but the hymns fascinated me as did the wheezing clonking old pipe organ behind the pulpit, not even imagining that later I'd spend 25 years playing elsewhere for others to sing to during the 70s 80s 90s. It's a different slick hi tech world nowadays. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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