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The Bluestocking women's Pub- spring is sprunging and MN's name generator can do one!

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lcakethereforeIam · 20/03/2026 12:24

Welcome to the Bluestocking women's pub. Men are directed to the Staunch Ally just down the road. Otherwise all are welcome. Pull up a chair, give your order to the Wait Gerbil or the Gerbil behind the bar.

Don't forget to name change if you wish to.

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WearyAuldWumman · 01/04/2026 15:34

MarieDeGournay · 01/04/2026 14:32

'Youse' is 'Ye' in rural Ireland and 'Yiz' in Dublinese.

And I've even heard 'ye' having a possessive form:
'Have ye had yeer tea?'

Happy birthday to Mr Walrus, and it's lovely to know that our Myrtle is enjoying the day too, including taming Virgin Media🍾

I heard “ye” for the first time when I landed at Cork Airport for a wedding 2 yrs ago.

Best wedding ever. 3 days…

DeanElderberry · 01/04/2026 15:43

There was a timeslip / time travel show on Netflix (Timeless I think), and in one episode the heroine rehearsing her tuition before rtravel is told that the correct plural of 'you' in whatever remote moment of American history she was heading to was 'ye' and I snarled 'it still is correct round here'.

MarieDeGournay · 01/04/2026 15:50

This is Myrtle having a well-deserved lovely daySmile

The Bluestocking  women's Pub- spring is sprunging and MN's name generator can do one!
MarieDeGournay · 01/04/2026 15:52

Bowednotbroken · 01/04/2026 12:14

Pops head in while passing to say while talking about language, there’s a book called ‘Why Q Needs a U’ by Danny Bate. A fast track through the alphabet looking at history and derivations. Just occasionally it’s a bit too formal linguistics for my brain but mostly fascinating stuff. Just don’t ask me to remember any of it just now…
And we have one of them there boiling water taps - I try not to think about how it works and what might go wrong.

That book sounds super thank you, Bowednotbroken, there's an Honorary Chair for you in Pedantry Corner - a nice comfy one near the big bookcase😁

Re your boiling water tap - just make sure you don't make any sudden movements whie using it, OK?😬

RumNotRun · 01/04/2026 15:57

I saw this on FB and thought of you @Boiledbeetle- sadly it's not real though.

Thinking of the you/youse/y'all, in Pittsburgh they use "yinz" which is said to come from Scotch-Irish immigrants saying "you ones/you'uns"

The Bluestocking  women's Pub- spring is sprunging and MN's name generator can do one!
MarieDeGournay · 01/04/2026 16:00

MarieDeGournay · 01/04/2026 15:52

That book sounds super thank you, Bowednotbroken, there's an Honorary Chair for you in Pedantry Corner - a nice comfy one near the big bookcase😁

Re your boiling water tap - just make sure you don't make any sudden movements whie using it, OK?😬

Edited

Third go at writing 'while' correctly, in a post about Pedantry Corner - howzat for irony?😄

Boiledbeetle · 01/04/2026 16:01

RumNotRun · 01/04/2026 15:57

I saw this on FB and thought of you @Boiledbeetle- sadly it's not real though.

Thinking of the you/youse/y'all, in Pittsburgh they use "yinz" which is said to come from Scotch-Irish immigrants saying "you ones/you'uns"

😋

Why is that not actually a thing???????????!!!

MarieDeGournay · 01/04/2026 16:02

Boiledbeetle · 01/04/2026 15:55

Yep, that's me convinced. Irrefutable, innit?
😂

NotAtMyAge · 01/04/2026 16:02

Boiledbeetle · 01/04/2026 15:55

😂

Boiledbeetle · 01/04/2026 16:02

MarieDeGournay · 01/04/2026 16:02

Yep, that's me convinced. Irrefutable, innit?
😂

100% the real thing.

MarieDeGournay · 01/04/2026 16:04

Boiledbeetle · 01/04/2026 16:02

100% the real thing.

Totes.

knittedsloth · 01/04/2026 16:05

lcakethereforeIam · 01/04/2026 14:32

Telyn, the female osprey, arrived back at her nest on the Dyfi River the other day. Her usual mate, Idris, hasn't shown up yet. She's been carrying on with another male. 🍿

Scandalous!

agog

The Bluestocking  women's Pub- spring is sprunging and MN's name generator can do one!
Igneococcus · 01/04/2026 16:19

One of dd's classes at university was partially taught online by some guy in the US who always greeted them with a "shalom, y'all".

AuntieMsDamsonCrumble · 01/04/2026 16:25

Boiledbeetle · 01/04/2026 15:55

Well, you can't argue with that evidence!

Boiledbeetle · 01/04/2026 16:46

AuntieMsDamsonCrumble · 01/04/2026 16:25

Well, you can't argue with that evidence!

Turns out you can.

I sent it to a Scottish friend and got the response

"Huh, that’s Morag from Loch Morar. Amateurs"

PastaAllaNorma · 01/04/2026 16:53

WearyAuldWumman · 01/04/2026 13:14

I had complaints from parents that one of my teachers couldn't spell...because she'd taught Violet Jacob's "Hallowe'en".

"That's not how you spell it!"

I had to give the parents a mini-lesson on the evolution of spelling.

Mrs McGuigan in Grade 1 was very firm that there is an apostrophe needed in Hallowe'en. I have never dared spell it Halloween since.

Mrs McGuigan's firm face was very intimidating.

On matters ornithological, I heard my first chiffchaff of the year almost 4 weeks ago. Lovely little birds. I was out birding yesterday for 2 hours and it was lovely.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 01/04/2026 17:37

I got a new phone case today - I’m not sure life holds much more excitement.

The Bluestocking  women's Pub- spring is sprunging and MN's name generator can do one!
WearyAuldWumman · 01/04/2026 17:41

@PastaAllaNorma I had a colleague of the same name. She was a former nun.

ChristmasStars · 01/04/2026 18:08

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 01/04/2026 17:37

I got a new phone case today - I’m not sure life holds much more excitement.

That's quite similar to our bathroom floor tiles!

EdithStourton · 01/04/2026 18:14

RumNotRun · 01/04/2026 15:57

I saw this on FB and thought of you @Boiledbeetle- sadly it's not real though.

Thinking of the you/youse/y'all, in Pittsburgh they use "yinz" which is said to come from Scotch-Irish immigrants saying "you ones/you'uns"

I want one.
Ideally, two or three.

Myrtle, it sounds as if today is a good one - may your run of luck continue!

Magpiecomplex · 01/04/2026 18:21

Ugh

Students

Ugh

DeanElderberry · 01/04/2026 18:21

That phone case is very pretty.

Following my 11 years ago theme, 11 years ago I collected the dog crate from the vet, and its contents, a rather groggy little cat who had been declared definitely male, whose nasty infected bite had been cleaned, whose large wurrum burden (he used to live with hedgehogs, they carry weird stuff) had been zapped, and whose testicles had gone where they could no longer lead him astray.

Over the next few days he happily ate his antibiotics and purred at me and the dogs and at Hector and at my mother and even at my father, who by that stage didn't know who or what anything was, except for our new little friend who was pronounced 'a very nice cat'. Quite possibly his last words, he had two weeks left.

I've been reminding Booboo of it today, and singing him a 'happy Oscar day to you' song, and he's been drooling with happiness. Such a darling boy.

And, after a couple of coffee morning Wednesdays of cheese scones I varied the menu with tea brack; that vanished astonishingly fast. Will do that again. Though we are all getting a bit impatient for the pub to re-open so we can go back there. The rumour mill has produced a second potential new owner-manager, but no dates.

Boiledbeetle · 01/04/2026 18:27

Magpiecomplex · 01/04/2026 18:21

Ugh

Students

Ugh

Sad Love You GIF by Muppet Wiki

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EdithStourton · 01/04/2026 18:28

Magpiecomplex · 01/04/2026 18:21

Ugh

Students

Ugh

Oh. Magpie, having worked in a school I feel your pain.

I'm sending Geranium over with the hot chocolate bowser.

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