Bad Language. A Reminder.

[Jim Riley]

4 hours ago, MtB said:

 

My God, have you been living under a stone?!

 

Thunderboat is the forum set up by all the bannees from here, after The Great Banning of 2017 

 

Google it, as posting a link is banned in the forum rules IIRC.

 

Well, there's been a link in my profile for absolutely yonks. 

Jim awaits knock on door from Mod. 

[GUMPY]

There is always the place in Orkney 

 

[rusty69]

5 hours ago, magnetman said:

Its actually quite an alright forum but a bit cliquey. The original continuous swearing thing isn't there any more.

I quite enjoyed my short, but sweet visit over there,but wasn't brave enough to stay. Quite funny though.

[Iain_S]

20 hours ago, LadyG said:

It's considered to be swearing in some parts of the country apparently. It's a four letter word, though not Anglo Saxon. 

I believe @Athy has led a very sheltered ! life.

Possibly Norse, thwaite 

[system 4-50]

I have visited Norfolk.  Its big but not very impressive.  Suffolk is much nicer.  But now I live near a village called Freefolk...

[magnetman]

When I was double rather than single I took the woman to visit my Aunt who lives near Holt.

 

She found the area quite pleasant so I asked if perhaps we should move there.

 

Norfolk enchants was her answer.

 

 

[rusty69]

3 minutes ago, magnetman said:

When I was double rather than single I took the woman to visit my Aunt who lives near Holt.

 

She found the area quite pleasant so I asked if perhaps we should move there.

 

Norfolk enchants was her answer.

 

 

You should have tried

E sex instead. 

[magnetman]

That is probably better that We sex !

[rusty69]

Better we sex than stuck in middle sex. 

[magnetman]

I had taken a mistress I could have been having Su sex. 

(Had I)

[rusty69]

Better su sex than moo sex. 

[Machpoint005]

21 hours ago, GUMPY said:

There is always the place in Orkney 

 

 

I went past that sign last week. It's in Shetland.

 

 

Just off the B9071.

 

[1st ade]

7 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said:

 

I went past that sign last week. It's in Shetland.

 

 

Just off the B9071.

 

Orkney...

 

When we got the late ferry to Kirkwall from Aberdeen, I always ended up driving the minibus (12 SCUBA divers plus kit) the last few miles from Kirkwall to Stromness - that sign (just after Finstown) was the signal to ring the skipper and get him to get the kettle on! (Given it was over eight miles off the main drag - we always wondered if they kept the sign just for tourists...)

[Alan de Enfield]

23 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said:

 

I went past that sign last week. It's in Shetland.

 

 

Just off the B9071.

 

 

Maybe there are two ?

It is a Norse term so could easily have been applied to both 'islands'

It apparently is Norse for 'small parcel of land'

 

According to my maps, Google, and a shop I do business with (he makes diving gear & a lot of Twatt souvenirs) there is a Twatt on Orkney. 

 

Twatt | Welcome to our Shop (orkneysportinggoods.com)

 

The RNAS (Royal Navy Air Station) Twatt was based there and they also seem to think it is in Orkney.

 

RNAS Twatt (HMS Tern) is a former Royal Navy Air Station located near Twatt, Orkney, Scotland.

Twatt was mainly used as a training airfield. On 30 March 1944 initial plans were to make Twatt the only airfield suitable to aid the disembarkation of squadrons of the Home Fleet

 

 

Edited August 30, 2023 by Alan de Enfield

[alias]

6 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

Maybe there are two ?

 

Yes, Orkney and Shetland have one each.

[Mike Tee]

We've got one in our marina as well

[Machpoint005]

6 hours ago, 1st ade said:

Orkney...

 

When we got the late ferry to Kirkwall from Aberdeen, I always ended up driving the minibus (12 SCUBA divers plus kit) the last few miles from Kirkwall to Stromness - that sign (just after Finstown) was the signal to ring the skipper and get him to get the kettle on! (Given it was over eight miles off the main drag - we always wondered if they kept the sign just for tourists...)

 

I didn't know there was one in Orkney too!

Bloody Soothmoothers ...

 

 

[Jon57]

On 29/08/2023 at 10:27, magnetman said:

The goddamn sign keeps getting bloody stolen

 

This one keeps getting lifted 

[GUMPY]

Whilst on the subject there is a road in Raunds called 

 

And that's the Titty Ho Motor Company in the background

[TheBiscuits]

10 hours ago, GUMPY said:

And that's the Titty Ho Motor Company in the background

 

Do they produce a controversial calendar? 😁

[Stilllearning]

There's Tyttenhanger too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyttenhanger_House

Oh, and can we still discuss the wonderful fizzy pop Pschitt?

Or this really rather good Malbec from Cahors?

Edited August 31, 2023 by Stilllearning

[Heartland]

Other countries and other languages have sometimes interesting spelling. There is a mountain in Germany with a cable car connection

 

 

[Tracy D'arth]

Dutch lavatory tissue.  But its only funny on a puerile, childish level.  Seems to suit many of the regular posters here sadly.

[Tim Lewis]

7 hours ago, Heartland said:

Other countries and other languages have sometimes interesting spelling. There is a mountain in Germany with a cable car connection

 

 

 

[A A Matthews]

On 28/08/2023 at 16:41, frangar said:

And there are some posters that throughly deserve it!

I totally agree that there is never, ever a reason for using industrial language. If someone cannot be civil and make their comments without recourse to words that you would never use in front of your mother , why should you feel it’s necessary or ok to use on public/ group forums. 
I am old school and I hate such talk and in my opinion just demonstrates a lack of respect when they use such offensive language