mackem 26,105 Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 6 minutes ago, chartpolski said: how difficult must it be to learn four languages; English, Arabic , Japanese and French Five languages, you forgot Geordie (not exactly English is it, lol).My kids speak flawless Cantonese, surprises people. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 23,046 Posted September 10 Author Report Share Posted September 10 6 minutes ago, mackem said: Five languages, you forgot Geordie (not exactly English is it, lol).My kids speak flawless Cantonese, surprises people. When my missus is talking to our grandson she drops in Geordie words that only people of our age would understand and he gets quite perplexed! Who has heard of words like lisk, oxter, hinnie, gallowa, gully,etc? Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aled 470 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 (edited) My wife is a primary school teacher in a Welsh medium school, she has had several children in her class who are trilingual and one or two who are quadrilingual. Edited September 11 by Aled 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,105 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 1 hour ago, Aled said: one or two who are quadrilingual. Polyglots, are they Eastern European or Asian? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mC HULL 12,114 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 12 hours ago, chartpolski said: When my missus is talking to our grandson she drops in Geordie words that only people of our age would understand and he gets quite perplexed! Who has heard of words like lisk, oxter, hinnie, gallowa, gully,etc? Cheers. can you imagine the lads poor english teacher when he gets home and he’s talking like a geordie lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aled 470 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 (edited) 1 hour ago, mackem said: Polyglots, are they Eastern European or Asian? A bit of all sorts, yes Asian, Eastern European, French Parent, Canadian Parent, Spanish Parent, Danish, and Dutch. missed out an Argentinean (Patagonia) also one child with Grandparents from Brittany who spoke Breton, French, Welsh & English. Edited September 11 by Aled Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,687 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 i thank the lord im an idiot....intelligence is a curse.... 1 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,105 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 2 hours ago, Aled said: A bit of all sorts, yes Asian, Eastern European, French Parent, Canadian Parent, Spanish Parent, Danish, and Dutch. missed out an Argentinean (Patagonia) also one child with Grandparents from Brittany who spoke Breton, French, Welsh & English. The Patagonian can chat to the Welsh children, there's a place in Patagonia they speak Welsh. 1 hour ago, ditchman said: i thank the lord im an idiot....intelligence is a curse.... Eat more olives. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aled 470 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 (edited) 2 hours ago, mackem said: The Patagonian can chat to the Welsh children, there's a place in Patagonia they speak Welsh. Yes and the child who had a Spanish Dad was gutted that they insisted that he spoke Welsh to them, he was desperate to show off his Spanish speaking skills fair play to him. Edited September 11 by Aled 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aled 470 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 (edited) Sorry guys taken thread off kilter chicken and veg in the slow cooker. Edited September 11 by Aled 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,687 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 3 hours ago, mackem said: The Patagonian can chat to the Welsh children, there's a place in Patagonia they speak Welsh. Eat more olives. im cleansing my soul first.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 27,981 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 Homemade chicken madras tonight 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eastcoast 4,085 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 19 hours ago, chartpolski said: When my missus is talking to our grandson she drops in Geordie words that only people of our age would understand and he gets quite perplexed! Who has heard of words like lisk, oxter, hinnie, gallowa, gully,etc? Cheers. Hinnie was in common use in conversations or greetings when I was growing up. Did it originally come from a word for a female donkey? Heard gallowa used not long ago in a slightly surreal setting. Meeting up with an old friend and hunting partner for a pint and when I got there he was sitting deep in conversation with a beautiful African American girl. Turns out she was a friend of my nephew and an equine vet, they had met at RVC. My mate and this young lady shared an interest in all things horsey and it was odd to see her fascinated by his tales and knowledge of gallowa's, as he was calling them 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 23,046 Posted September 11 Author Report Share Posted September 11 9 minutes ago, eastcoast said: Hinnie was in common use in conversations or greetings when I was growing up. Did it originally come from a word for a female donkey? Heard gallowa used not long ago in a slightly surreal setting. Meeting up with an old friend and hunting partner for a pint and when I got there he was sitting deep in conversation with a beautiful African American girl. Turns out she was a friend of my nephew and an equine vet, they had met at RVC. My mate and this young lady shared an interest in all things horsey and it was odd to see her fascinated by his tales and knowledge of gallowa's, as he was calling them Hinnie, I’m sure , is the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey, whereas mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. It’s also a type of fried oatcake, but still used as a term of affection. Gallowa is a local term for a horse, as in “ that’s a canny gallowa ! “ Cheers. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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