Gardengirl Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I passed groups of youngsters on my way home at lunchtime, kept having a giggle about the use of the word gosses in Quebec; this has totally changed my way of thinking about les gosses! I wonder what the collective noun would be............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Not too sure what the collective would be GG, but would they play in a ball park. Or would they read either the old or the new test-a-mint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Jonz, you wouldn't believe this but I could have flashed your photo to my walking group yesterday.A new person asked about me, where I am from, etc. Yes, there IS a great curiosity about you if you are the only Brit around (to tease and have some fun with). So, out came the potted life history and I just happened to mention that my OH was galois.Oh, does he wear a keelt? No, you are thinking of an Ecossais, someone answered to show off their knowledge of international affairs. Me, I couldn't make out what a keelt was until the penny dropped. Oh, do you mean the jupe that le jouer de tennis, Ondiemeuré wears? Oh yes, we saw his wedding photos............!So then I said that I could show them a photo of someone I know who isn't the above mentioned tennis player but who also wears a skirt. And, of course, you know that they don't wear any culottes underneath their jupe, don't you?A respectable retired teacher and grandmother of three looked sceptical and said oh, we would have to vérifier that!So Jonz, knowing your love of walking and should you ever be in my neck of the woods, I extend to you an invitation to come for a walk with us. I will prime les filles beforehand that you will be dressed in your keelt.Weren't you looking for somewhere in the south west to spend a week or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Unfortunately that keelt was not mine. It was the property of Liz II and I wasn't allowed to keep it. But I still have my practice chanter and I would love to make a set of pipes.That would REALLY please the neighbours [:-))][6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 When it was HM the Q's last jubilee, and we were still neighbours, the forces did a bid parade in Windsor and I got some lovely photos of many men in skirts, complete with some of the most beeeeeautiful sporrans you'll ever see. I stuck the pics on Facebook, and to my surprise, a friend of a friend popped up to say that one of HER friends actually makes them for the Scots guards, and then the maker herself popped up and said that yes, they were (so to speak) her sporrans! I'd show you...but the constraints of this forum and its archaic software prevent it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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