On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Ian Walden <ian@doc2prod.demon.co.uk> wrote:
In your message regarding Re: The asterisk dated 19/06/2012, Jette Goldie
said ...
> On 19/06/2012 17:06, Ellen Rawson wrote:
> > Oops, I forgot to explain the asterisk in my last post.
> >
> > 'Grockle' is a derogatory West Country word for 'tourist' that has migrated
> to the New Forest. I use it wherever I seem to be surrounded by tourists who
> walk slowly and/or take up the entire pavement (sidewalk) to check their
maps,
> be they paper or electronic, instead of moving to the side.
> >
> >
> In Edinburgh we don't have a special word for them - although I think
> the bus drivers have been known to call them "speed bumps" ;-)
Bwahahahaa!! Like it!
Of course, if you get to the real West country, there, they call them
Emmets.
Ian
The joke for us is "if it's called tourist season, why aren't we allowed to shoot them?"
D.
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