Brits, Lincolnshire Brits

by Shiri

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Ioryk2004-11-08 22:36:29
It's a fact the accent of the hobbits in the films was actually based on the people of Lincolnshire, somewhere just south of Crowland, where people still live in barrows dug into the earth.

I was born on the edge of the fens and now I try to hide my webbed feed amongst the intelligent people in Cambridge. Still got a bit of an accent though - get someone to say the words lumpy and bumpy and you'll quickly find where they come from.

Aaaah, the Spalding flower fields in midwinter blizzards. The big, grey skies and the winds that cut you through. How I long for that life again.
Shiri2004-11-08 22:44:52
QUOTE (Ioryk @ Nov 8 2004, 11:36 PM)
It's a fact the accent of the hobbits in the films was actually based on the people of Lincolnshire, somewhere just south of Crowland, where people still live in barrows dug into the earth.

I was born on the edge of the fens and now I try to hide my webbed feed amongst the intelligent people in Cambridge.  Still got a bit of an accent though - get someone to say the words lumpy and bumpy and you'll quickly find where they come from.

Aaaah, the Spalding flower fields in midwinter blizzards.  The big, grey skies and the winds that cut you through.  How I long for that life again.


Okay, I'd like to think you were making that stuff up. But you wrote it really convincingly. Now I'm confused darnit. The fens are super funny though. We have a guy from there in my class. Hee. Water - watter. I've been to Spalding though! 0_o It was like...en route to...Folkingham. Or on the other side of it. One of the two.
Ioryk2004-11-09 14:31:53
Seriously, the fens get better into Lincolnshire, and they are either really really bleak or stunningly beautiful. I like the open skies and hills make me claustrophobic. I don't drive out that way much now though, it's full of those kind of pubs where the jukebox stops and everyone looks up at you when you enter.

Cambridge is pretty sweet, better class of pikeys.
Fain2004-11-10 18:11:13
I thought Tolkien based hobbits off the Irish? Wee people, Shire, drinking, smoking and partying? Maybe it's just me, cause I have some irish blood that identifies with the shire-folk. Heh.
Laysus2004-11-10 21:26:09
Yay for Brighton. Or London when I'm not at uni.

I know you made this for lincolnshire people, but it's so much nicer down here.
Shiri2004-11-10 21:42:56
QUOTE (Laysus @ Nov 10 2004, 10:26 PM)
Yay for Brighton. Or London when I'm not at uni.

I know you made this for lincolnshire people, but it's so much nicer down here.


Pff. I know Yepela put you up to that biggrin.gif And yeah, Brits in general are good. I was only specifying Lincolnshire residents 'cause then they live right close to me.
Laysus2004-11-10 23:28:45
QUOTE (Shiri @ Nov 10 2004, 09:42 PM)
Pff. I know Yepela put you up to that  biggrin.gif  And yeah, Brits in general are good. I was only specifying Lincolnshire residents 'cause then they live right close to me.



nope, Yepela didn't put me up to that tongue.gif
Shiri2004-11-14 15:13:16
*hemhem* It has come to my attention that there are plenty of Brits here on the forums that haven't told us who they are! *nudgenudge Chade* Just 'cause the title's Lincolnshire, ignore it, this is now the topic for all proud Britons. *hum* I mean, come on, cool as they are we MUST outnumber the Aussies wink.gif
Chade2004-11-14 17:55:43
Ooer Brits, lots of Brits,

I'm English, just south of Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent, only problem with this issss, I live in China, and I'll be here until August next year, so not getting to meet the Warlord of Mag for a pint just yet.

Chade/Mike
Shiri2004-11-14 19:49:47
Ehh, I'm too young for a pint anyway, so whatever tongue.gif *pokes Kaervas to come here too since he heard him talking about EMA on the other boards*
Iridiel2004-11-16 10:17:12
Mmmmm If you organize a nice meeting I'll get one of those lovely low cost flights and be there (make it on a long weekend) even if I am not british. I must discover if all those horrible things I heard about british food are true...
Ioryk2004-11-16 13:12:04
QUOTE (Iridiel @ Nov 16 2004, 10:17 AM)
Mmmmm If you organize a nice meeting I'll get one of those lovely low cost flights and be there (make it on a long weekend) even if I am not british. I must discover if all those horrible things I heard about british food are true...


Tripe
Jellied eels
Pork pies
Haggis
Black pudding
White pudding
Cockles
Sausage and mash
Coronation chicken
Fried mars bars

None of the above exist. Nothing nasty you hear about British food is true. It's cultural propaganda touted by the French.
Ioryk2004-11-16 13:13:00
and porky scratchings.
Laysus2004-11-19 13:23:57
mmm, crackling.
Shiri2004-11-19 17:37:05
I've never even heard of white pudding. Proof it doesn't exist, I suppose biggrin.gif
Jack2004-11-22 19:17:14
QUOTE (Iggy @ Oct 30 2004, 11:07 AM)
I'm English. The Midlands.

wink.gif

And, for the record, demonizing sausage and mash is uncalled for.
Shiri2004-11-22 19:35:34
QUOTE (Jack @ Nov 22 2004, 08:17 PM)
wink.gif

And, for the record, demonizing sausage and mash is uncalled for.


biggrin.gif

And, for the record, mutilating the word "demonising" is uncalled for. *hide*
Sorry, just had to say that in the only place I don't think I'll be completely killed for it. *hum*
Alef2004-11-23 19:17:53
Darn its getting close to winter, that means bad weather and no more going out every night.

Hmm suppose that means more time on Lusternia. So its not all bad biggrin.gif

Oh and Sausage and Mash is great, but so is Pot Noodle, nothing like waking up mid-afternoon for a Pot Noodle.
Jack2004-11-23 19:34:34
QUOTE (Shiri @ Nov 22 2004, 07:35 PM)
biggrin.gif

And, for the record, mutilating the word "demonising" is uncalled for. *hide*
Sorry, just had to say that in the only place I don't think I'll be completely killed for it. *hum*

*brandishes plate of sausage and mash*
Unknown2004-11-23 20:04:33
QUOTE (Ioryk @ Nov 16 2004, 02:12 PM)
Tripe
Jellied eels
Pork pies
Haggis
Black pudding
White pudding
Cockles
Sausage and mash
Coronation chicken
Fried mars bars

None of the above exist. Nothing nasty you hear about British food is true.  It's cultural propaganda touted by the French.


You'm forgot pasties like we meks em right ere. Big fat cornish'ns with meat n veg one end, and jam and cream the other. Boodiful. Oh and crêpes! You'm get on one of them there channel ferries, nip across to Brittany with Uncle Jethro (remembring to keep an eye on his ol' contraband habit), only a few miles 'cross the water, n get the best o' both worlds for yer big fat belly.

Vive la France! (and the cheap duty-free)

--Aar.