tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post5533740270848979383..comments2023-10-29T10:58:50.227+00:00Comments on Nutty Gnome: The day my brother came to help!Nutty Gnomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-11561993801185896182010-02-15T17:45:59.051+00:002010-02-15T17:45:59.051+00:00Hi Pondside - I'm pretty much back to normal ...Hi Pondside - I'm pretty much back to normal now thanks - or, at least, as normal as I ever get!<br /><br />Oh I so want someone called 'our Lillypad' now, it's lovely! :)<br /><br />I'm glad the phonetics were useful! Maybe I'll do a bit more on how to speak proper Yorkshire at some point soon?!<br /><br />Hi GLA - thanks for that link. I'll pop over in a minute and have a look!<br />I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong with the carrots. Our veg garden soil has had 40 years of other people's hard work. It is wonderful soil - moisture retaining, well draining, slightly alkaline, well composted. Should be perfect. <br />I planted 5 long rows. I measured the distance between holes. I mixed sand with the soil - which I'd graded beforehand. I put 2 or 3 seeds per hole. I nurtured them, but only a few came up - then they just disappeared and I was left with one solitary carrot! Mind you, it was the best carrot I've ever grown! ....I'm off to your blog to see what I should be doing. I've told the carrots if they don't grow this year, that's me and them done!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-58825700640981887622010-02-15T15:54:26.339+00:002010-02-15T15:54:26.339+00:00Thanks for leaving a message on my blog - just won...Thanks for leaving a message on my blog - just wondered what the problem was with your carrots as when we first took our plot back in the dark ages we were told that we'd never grow carrots but we do - in fact we are still digging them at the moment - not the original ones!<br /><br />If you pop to my blog there is a link to my website. From the webiste sidebar go to GrowIt where there is a section on how we grow our carrots.<br /><br />I'll pop a link here just for you to go directly <br /><br />http://www.glallotments.btik.com/gallery/home.ikmlSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-28045850111424122182010-02-14T23:23:12.290+00:002010-02-14T23:23:12.290+00:00This one made me smile - and thank you for the pho...This one made me smile - and thank you for the phonetic instruction!...it helped! We too say 'our' but it's just a family thing because we use and re-use family names - so our Lillypad is differentiated from Big Lillypad (her auntie). It avoids confusion.<br />I hope you're feeling a whole lot better!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-25929817269872015722010-02-13T10:40:00.281+00:002010-02-13T10:40:00.281+00:00Hi Titania and thanks for visiting! I'm feelin...Hi Titania and thanks for visiting! I'm feeling much better now thanks - I'd forgotten how much flu takes it out of you!<br /><br />Considering Britain is such a small country, it has a huge variety of accents! Mine isn't one of the 'nicest' but it is very distinctive!<br /><br />My cousin moved to Australia 25 years ago and he came back for a visit a few months ago.It was really strange to hear him speaking in an Australian accent, but with a Yorkshire inflection!<br /><br />Hello ShySongbird - I have to confess to not feeling terribly energetic at the moment, but it'll come back!<br /><br />'Mashing' tea is very definitely a Yorkshire expression and "Shall I mash?" is often heard in our house! My brother-in-law is from Manchester and they 'brew' ...funny lot Mancunians!!!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-65047406019963588262010-02-12T15:04:02.306+00:002010-02-12T15:04:02.306+00:00Hi Liz, thank you for visiting my blog. I have enj...Hi Liz, thank you for visiting my blog. I have enjoyed looking through your archives! Your energy shines through your words, in fact I feel quite exhausted :)<br /><br />So sorry you have been under the weather and hope you continue to improve! <br /><br />It was great fun reading this post, as far as I know there are no Yorkshire connections in my family but some of the expressions have definitely crept in. My Mother and Grandmother would always 'mash' a pot of tea rather than 'make' one, I think that is a Yorkshire expression, have you heard of it?ShySongbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08148381873578585910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-63078128794425240442010-02-12T03:45:49.139+00:002010-02-12T03:45:49.139+00:00Hope you feel better from your terrible cold. It l...Hope you feel better from your terrible cold. It looks like spring now spring is in the air. This is going to be a "bonza" teahouse.<br />English people have got nice "accents"!<br />Thank you for your visit.Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-8830251270722197992010-02-11T18:28:53.543+00:002010-02-11T18:28:53.543+00:00Ey up Beeg! How yer doin luv? Wot yer doing up at ...Ey up Beeg! How yer doin luv? Wot yer doing up at arf four int' mornin'? I'll gi thee a bell later.<br />luv n ugs back byt' buckitload! xx<br /><br />Hi IG. Hang on ....'Londoner' and 'talking proper' in the same sentence...?!!Hmmm!<br /><br />Thanks for following me - I'm dead chuffed by that!<br />I'm hoping the tea house will be finished by Easter - that's THIS Easter, but I've been saying that for 3 years now! It all turned into a much bigger project than I'd thought it'd be ...although, to be fair, I didn't really think it through at all!!!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-9346608795770514492010-02-11T10:32:48.250+00:002010-02-11T10:32:48.250+00:00Mrs IG is a Mancunian, and her family does tend to...Mrs IG is a Mancunian, and her family does tend towards the "Our ..." form of address. As a Londoner, I've taught her to talk proper now. <br /><br />That's an impressive bit of building going down there; it'll be good to see it once completed!The Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345021580985320660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-82906855183171890802010-02-11T04:29:56.606+00:002010-02-11T04:29:56.606+00:00Arr-eight mum, av read yr blog n all that, just lu...Arr-eight mum, av read yr blog n all that, just luvley. Ant seen ower dave in donkies yonks.<br />luv n ugs xxxRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285445662915048297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-51802858331475900082010-02-10T16:44:43.768+00:002010-02-10T16:44:43.768+00:00Hi Olga. I was feeling better - but 2 days back at...Hi Olga. I was feeling better - but 2 days back at work has done me in ...I'm shattered now!<br />I'm glad you liked Curbar - it's one of my very favourite places to go for a walk AND there's a very nice pub that does excellent lunches only a few minutes away! (always a bonus!)<br /><br />I'll be in touch about coffee - it's half term next week, so I'm off work.<br /><br />Hi HM. Nesh is such a lovely descriptive word for someone who feels the cold isn't it?! and I am dead nesh!<br />You're right - Cheshire isn't properly north ...it's just playing at it!<br />Glad you like the tea house ...more to come soon :)Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-38931065844262913562010-02-10T15:49:25.194+00:002010-02-10T15:49:25.194+00:00That's quite some construction! I'd not he...That's quite some construction! I'd not heard of 'nesh' until I moved to Cheshire (which isn't 'properly' North, really).HappyMouffetardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-38738033901437230942010-02-09T19:17:25.760+00:002010-02-09T19:17:25.760+00:00*munching a 100th doughnut* Thanks for the complim...*munching a 100th doughnut* Thanks for the compliment Liz :) Food is my addiction (sadly the eating bit only, not cooking :))<br /><br />I'm very glad you're feeling much better. Can imagine how many things you now have to catch on with... <br />Coffee sounds great! When you have a window in your schedule, just let me know.<br /><br />PS I also should thank you for the story about your walk at Curbar Edge. We went there couple of weeks ago - it was beautiful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-58981776926171297312010-02-09T16:58:36.293+00:002010-02-09T16:58:36.293+00:00Hi Olga! I love your blog name - it makes me laugh...Hi Olga! I love your blog name - it makes me laugh ...... but I think you need to change it to Yummy Mummy! :)<br /><br />I also love it that you get called 'our kid' and that Max's family are posh! Having met both sets of parents, I think all 4 of them are great - but as I don't speak Russian, I can't tell who's posh and who's not!!!<br /><br />The tea house would be very precise and neat - Himself's in charge and I have a much more slapdash approach to life! :)<br /><br />See you for coffee soon?! :)Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-14372835118168218762010-02-09T12:24:02.753+00:002010-02-09T12:24:02.753+00:00Hi Liz! I really appreciate the language bit. It&#...Hi Liz! I really appreciate the language bit. It's amazing how so many things are very similar to how we use Russian language in day-to-day life. "Our..." - is SO my family thing. My dad can easily refer to Mum as "Our Mum". I'm called "Our Ol'ka" or "Our Kid" :) Max's family is different, they are posher, too :)<br />The tea house looks very impressive and I like how precisely and neatly everything's done - well done A... sorry, Himself :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-57404368353822137602010-02-09T09:14:09.084+00:002010-02-09T09:14:09.084+00:00Hi Altadenahiker, good to see you again. Ha ha - A...Hi Altadenahiker, good to see you again. Ha ha - Alan Bennett is from a posh bit of Yorkshire up near Leeds, so he speaks quite differently to me .... I'm from the land of pits, steel works and heavy industry (pits are coal mines!)and big hills!<br /><br />Actually quite a few people have commented about wanting to know how to speak proper Yorkshire (or maybe just 'proper'?!), so I might well do a dialect post soon!<br /><br />If you want to get a feel for the Yorkshire accent and dialect most similar to mine, then can I suggest you watch the original film of 'The Full Monty' with Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy. It was filmed in Sheffield (8 miles from where I was brought up - and where Liz of 'Gwirrel's Garden' and Woody of 'Allotment 81' live now) and is VERY accurate in its use of language, accent and use of dialect! It's also a very funny film! :)<br /><br />Hi Yan - I LOVE that vision of yours, it really made me laugh...you've got me so sussed so soon!!! I've got a kimono, but I suspect me grandad's tackety boots have long since been thrown away - I'll have to make do with my furry Bearpaw boots instead - 'cos I'm a reight wuss!<br /><br />I'm definitely starting to feel much more human now. I'm not coughing so much, but still tiring very quickly though. It's my first day back at work today ... so I'll know how much better I'm feeling after that! Thanks :)Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-50883110772137245042010-02-08T23:01:12.685+00:002010-02-08T23:01:12.685+00:00Hallo Nutty Gnome, I followed your link to find yo...Hallo Nutty Gnome, I followed your link to find your lovely teahouse project. I now have visions of you in a kimono and tackety boots, performing your first tea ceremony for Himself and Ower Dave, saying, "Alreight, sup up." <br />Hope you're feeling better.Yanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08654318522995279468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-18339152431902414792010-02-08T16:17:31.855+00:002010-02-08T16:17:31.855+00:00Oh, now I want an entire course in speaking Yorksh...Oh, now I want an entire course in speaking Yorkshire. I'm not a complete novice -- I read Alan Bennett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-42606851175335823962010-02-08T12:39:47.567+00:002010-02-08T12:39:47.567+00:00Hi Weaver. I may be a Chesterfield girl now, but I...Hi Weaver. I may be a Chesterfield girl now, but I'm a Rotherham lass born and bred! Last-Born's boyfriend lives in Inkersall!<br /><br />Thanks for coming over to visit and I hope you'll come back. I enjoyed your site, so I'll certainly be popping in from time to time :)Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-84367096875004975672010-02-08T11:35:33.823+00:002010-02-08T11:35:33.823+00:00Hi N G! Thanks for visiting my Yorkshire site. ...Hi N G! Thanks for visiting my Yorkshire site. Chesterfield eh - have passed through it by train a few times and seen the crooked spire - have relations who used to live at Inkersall. Nice to read your blog. Hope you will call on me again.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-72173032478526057542010-02-07T21:10:20.756+00:002010-02-07T21:10:20.756+00:00Hi Larry - glad to have you along for the ride! Fe...Hi Larry - glad to have you along for the ride! Feel free to stay as long as you want to...it's a pleasure to have you around :)<br /><br />I'm hoping the cough is just a cough and not H1N1, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see.Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-75743877180236471712010-02-07T20:59:38.406+00:002010-02-07T20:59:38.406+00:00Hey, you can call me our guy Larry from Iowa. I wi...Hey, you can call me our guy Larry from Iowa. I will tag along for awhile until you tell me to get lost. I want to see the finished structure for sure. Thanks for stopping by. I have a few British and Scottish blog friends that put up with me and that is how you must of found me. Take care of that cough, Over here that nagging cough was diagnosed as H1N1 and we had it for a month.L. D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-4166762785066665702010-02-07T11:09:48.931+00:002010-02-07T11:09:48.931+00:00Hi Tatyana - thanks for that. I'm definitely f...Hi Tatyana - thanks for that. I'm definitely feeling more human today than I have done for about a week!<br /><br />I'm very lucky in the amount of muscle I can call on for help! The tea house is looking good ....more posts to follow to get up into real time :)Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-80258532826135115562010-02-06T16:33:56.571+00:002010-02-06T16:33:56.571+00:00I hope you feel better now, Liz! With so many good...I hope you feel better now, Liz! With so many good wishes coming your way, you should! You have some good muscles there! I wish I had such help. Can not wait to see the tea house!Tatyana@MySecretGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230255354868127650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-75757254131571900772010-02-06T12:00:21.966+00:002010-02-06T12:00:21.966+00:00Hi Jude - I reckon I wouldn't be quite so nesh...Hi Jude - I reckon I wouldn't be quite so nesh if I lived in sunny Crete instead of soggy Chesterfield!<br /><br />I don't consider myself to speak very broad Yorkshire but writing that bit in my post made me realise just how much sneaks in without me realising!<br /><br />Me and knitting just don't get on! I can't even knit a dishcloth without it ending up triangular,full of holes and with weird lumps where I appear to have invented some strange new stitch never before known to knitting-kind!Falling of a log I can do ...knitting, forget it! :)<br /><br />Hi Joey - I've never had my tender titbits tucked anywhere before so thanks for that!!!<br /><br />I am starting to feel more human again, but am still at the stage of getting very tired very quickly. However, I can see that at some point soon I'll be back to my normal self and whizzing through life at great speed again! :)Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-21059012562664222892010-02-06T04:39:57.864+00:002010-02-06T04:39:57.864+00:00So enjoy our connection, Nutty! I love tucking you...So enjoy our connection, Nutty! I love tucking your tender tidbits into my life :) Get well soon!joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569378877717221045noreply@blogger.com