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Piglet
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Originally posted by Louise:
... communist Sunday Schools ...
Communists do Sunday schools? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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North East Quine
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I heard of Ninel - Lenin backwards - as a girls name, but there's only one on Scotlandspeople, and she has it as a middle name.
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Louise
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Originally posted by piglet:
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Originally posted by Louise:
... communist Sunday Schools ...
Communists do Sunday schools?
Yup - see here! There were more fire-breathing purely communist ones too - but they were scarcer.
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kingsfold
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We has snow ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
It's big fat wet splodges, and I can't see it lasting unlesss the temperature drops. Mind you, I had to swoosh an inch and a hlaf or so off the car this morning...
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North East Quine
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We has hailstones.
And I've just come across a Gideonina in the 1881 census!
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Piglet
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Originally posted by kingsfold:
We has snow ... big fat wet splodges ...
They have a saying here - "big flakes: small snow, small flakes: big snow" and it's not far off the mark. A couple of hours of wee squitty flakes might do a lot more damage (and lie a lot longer) than the same of big splatty ones.
We're forecast to get about 6-8 inches of the stuff tomorrow, with more to come at the weekend. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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kingsfold
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Well, as anticipated, it didn't last long. But it was here for long enough for me to go aaahh without any lasting inconvenience. Works for me ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Sandemaniac
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Originally posted by North East Quine:
And I've just come across a Gideonina in the 1881 census!
Funnily enough we were discussing names at work just now, and my mother's name came up - named for her grandmother - Robina. I wonder if that was the same thinking originally?
Incidentally, NEQ, I think you know enough about my surname interests in Dundee to find her, if she's of any interest. PM me if you're not sure.
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North East Quine
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I'll get back to you on that one, Sandemaniac!
And on the subject of Dundee, or Broughty Ferry at any rate, has anyone been watching "Bob Servant, Independent" on TV? I thought the first episode was very promising, the second didn't really carry on the upward trajectory and the third flatlined.
Any other thoughts on it?
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Wet Kipper
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I've been recording it. haven't got round to watching any of it yet
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HenryT
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Davina is likely the most mainstream of the -ina names. I have a goddaughter named Davina.
(There isn't another common feminine variant of David, is there?)
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Welease Woderwick
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Lady Mountbatten was an Ashwina, so A Certain Canadian informs me and there are lots of Ashwins all over India as a result - probably Ashwinas too but I don't know any.
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Sandemaniac
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Originally posted by North East Quine:
I'll get back to you on that one, Sandemaniac!
Suddenly realised last night that her father was Robert... and I know she followed the convention of the time naming her offspring, so I'm going to have to check how she fits with her siblings names... argh, another job!
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Alan Cresswell
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Originally posted by HenryT:
Davina is likely the most mainstream of the -ina names.
And, Edwina isn't unheard of. Though, assocations with a Tory minister probably make it a very unusual name in Scotland for kids born in the last couple of decades.
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Sandemaniac
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She was a fifth daughter, so four names already taken (no other *ina ones), and her next sibling was the first male, so got a grandfather's name.
Interesting...
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Cottontail
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Well, that's me moved house. I am gone from the 'burgh and now live down near the border - a hop, skip, and jump and I'd be in Englandshire. Lots of new little country roads to explore, and a host of market towns and pretty villages. And I can see the Lake District hills from my window.
Today I unpack all the books ...
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lily pad
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Originally posted by HenryT:
Davina is likely the most mainstream of the -ina names. I have a goddaughter named Davina.
(There isn't another common feminine variant of David, is there?)
Not common, but I know two women named Davida.
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Sioni Sais
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Originally posted by lily pad:
quote:
Originally posted by HenryT:
Davina is likely the most mainstream of the -ina names. I have a goddaughter named Davina.
(There isn't another common feminine variant of David, is there?)
Not common, but I know two women named Davida.
I bet they wish they had a penny, let alone a pound, for every time they have had to say "No, it's Davida, with a "D", not Davina".
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lily pad
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Possibly, although I have only ever met one Davina and she is older than either Davida.
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daisymay
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And I've seen ages ago as well as now, when McDonald or McLean is like that instead of MacDonald or MacLean (and other ones too but I thought just a couple was enough). Why does it get spelt variously?
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Sioni Sais
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AFAIK, it is because they can. It's a myth that Mac == a Scottish origin while Mc == Irish. Within a given family, if one spelling is used it stays that way nowadays, though it may vary if you go far enough back.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Cottontail:
Well, that's me moved house ...
Health to enjoy your new place! The Borders are very pretty (as is the top end of Englandshire); I remember once spending a holiday round there with my parents, who had contemplated retiring there, although they didn't in the end.
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mrs whibley
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Originally posted by Cottontail:
Well, that's me moved house. I am gone from the 'burgh and now live down near the border - a hop, skip, and jump and I'd be in Englandshire. Lots of new little country roads to explore, and a host of market towns and pretty villages. And I can see the Lake District hills from my window.
Today I unpack all the books ...
Us too! In our case from East Lothian to Peeblesshire. We are almost unpacked, which is actually our natural state, so I expect a few more pictures to go up on the walls and that to be it. We don't yet have a phone line, as there wasn't a spare one in our village, so internet is a bit patchy.
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Cottontail
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Thank you both for your good removal wishes. And to you too, Mrs Whibley. I lived for a bit in Peeblesshire, and had endless problems with the telephone exchange. They really need to renew the whole network there, but the population isn't big enough to make it worth doing, or so I was told. I hope you get connected properly soon.
At my end, I have admitted at last, after decades of denial, that I really do have too many books. If I can't fit them into a 4 bedroomed house, then something has to give. The Christian Aid Booksale is going to do well out of me this year.
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Sir Kevin
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Originally posted by piglet:
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Originally posted by Cottontail:
Well, that's me moved house ...
Health to enjoy your new place! The Borders are very pretty (as is the top end of Englandshire); I remember once spending a holiday round there with my parents, who had contemplated retiring there, although they didn't in the end.
I remember Berwick and the Scottish part with a similar name when I were a lad of 16: lovely place - are you near there!
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daisymay
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I have a wool one that keeps me warm, and it is Scottish - says "ALBA" on it at the front. Is there still many sold like that nowadays? I haven't seen another one...
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daisymay
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What sort of weather do you reckon it will be in April? Will it be decent after all the cold and wetness of 2012. But there were some nice bits of weather last year" when we camped in Luss, it was sunny, while London was bucketting rain all the time while we were away.
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Piglet
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Whereabouts are you planning to go, DM? I've seen glorious (if not hugely warm) weather in Orkney in April, but I wouldn't bank on it.
If you will insist on camping ... ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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daisymay
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I won't camp this time as it would be heavy to bring a biggish tent for the family and three children to. So it's a hotel, which is not too expensive, compared to camping costs. The train takes us up to Edinburgh (or Glasgow where we won't go) and then to Dundee and from there we have to get a bus, to Blairgowrie. There it's got plenty of walking around, decent up hills and along the river etc and along where my parents and grandparents were buried.
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Piglet
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That sounds more like sense. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
It's not an area I know at all, although I think my paternal grandfather's family had a fruit farm somewhere near Blairgowrie; my dad talks about going there when he was little (in the 1930s).
PS Why wouldn't you go to Glasgow? It's lovely - all that wonderful Mackintosh architecture.
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Alan Cresswell
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If your destination is Dundee, at least for the train part of the journey, then going into Glasgow first is a bit of a pain compared to Edinburgh.
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I had great fun about this time last year persuading the staff at Waverly setation that my return ticket from London to Edinburgh was good to go from Edinburgh to Glasgow with (which legally it is). It worked at Preston and Birmingham as well
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daisymay
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And the forecast tonight on TV was it getting awful tomorrow and w/e. I hope it's not too bad up there.
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Surfing Madness
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I keep thinking we are going to get spring, then it snows again! Wouldn't mind so much if I could have a snow day, but I live walking distance from placement so would need mad amounts of snow for that to happen.
How much snow have other people got?
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Alan Cresswell
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We've been getting light dustings, that haven't been lasting the morning. As it's currently falling, very lightly, today it might manage to stick around a bit longer.
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North East Quine
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My daughter's school bus isn't running so she's having a snow day at home. We don't actually have that much snow, just about 3 inches, but the forecast is for more.
I think that March 19th is the latest snow day we've ever had.
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kingsfold
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What snow?
OK, there are actually a few flakes blowing about in the wind, but I don't think it even merits the description of a light dusting.
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We had a good 6 inches yesterday which was enough to cause minor chaos but not too much. There's still some left now, although the roads are all pretty much clear which is good. The sczlet seems to think it's very pretty, but isn't at all sure what to do when she gets out into it!
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North East Quine
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The farm which grows our vegetables is under 8 inches of snow. I don't know how bad this is for them, but I know it can't be good.
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Piglet
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8 inches? That's quite impressive for this time of year.
Our snow has nearly all gone for the moment, although they're threatening us with a few more inches on Friday; Nova Scotia got battered by about a foot of the stuff yesterday, so maybe there won't be any left by the time the weather system gets to Newfoundland ...
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Uncle Pete
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Whateva!
You lot better get this cleared up sharpish.
April 15 will do.
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Welease Woderwick
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I am sure it has been known to snow in mid-April in Edinburgh, Pete...
...but at least the whole country isn't in a permafrost zone!
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Firenze
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I am sure it has been known to snow in mid-April in Edinburgh, Pete...
I have the photos of cherry blossom/snow cover to prove it.
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kingsfold
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Now we has snow....
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Cottontail
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Lots and lots of driving snow. What was intended to be an out-and-about day has become a stay-in-and-write-sermon day. The housework might get a look-in too.
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But will anyone manage to get to Church on Sunday to hear the sermon?
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Cottontail
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Oh, the snow will be over by then, I'm sure, she said comfortably.
I am just thankful that, being so new in post, I have not planned an Easter sunrise service for this year.
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Jen.
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Forget April 15th, Please get it sorted for April 8th when we're coming over.
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