Re: The asterisk

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