Geography game

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:56 am

Richard Ruck wrote:Still, it's 'educational', I suppose. Perhaps our American cousins might find it informative, given their acknowledged lack of awareness of the big wide world.

They CANNOT believe that Wales is not in England, mind you there are people in England who have problems with that too!!!

Ducks and goes off to work, yes on a Saturday!!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:36 am

The EU map missed off Wales altogether.

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:38 pm

englishangel wrote:The EU map missed off Wales altogether.

I KNOW that!!!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:45 pm

Katharine wrote:
englishangel wrote:The EU map missed off Wales altogether.
I KNOW that!!!

I didn't suggest you didn't.

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:03 pm

Katharine wrote:
Richard Ruck wrote:Still, it's 'educational', I suppose. Perhaps our American cousins might find it informative, given their acknowledged lack of awareness of the big wide world.
They CANNOT believe that Wales is not in England, mind you there are people in England who have problems with that too!!!

Ducks and goes off to work, yes on a Saturday!!

..... there are even those who think the same about Cornwall ...

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:30 am

DavebytheSea wrote:
Katharine wrote:
Richard Ruck wrote:Still, it's 'educational', I suppose. Perhaps our American cousins might find it informative, given their acknowledged lack of awareness of the big wide world.
They CANNOT believe that Wales is not in England, mind you there are people in England who have problems with that too!!!

Ducks and goes off to work, yes on a Saturday!!
..... there are even those who think the same about Cornwall ...

... which it is

Sussex was once a kingdom as well...

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:36 am

Great Plum wrote:
DavebytheSea wrote:
Katharine wrote: They CANNOT believe that Wales is not in England, mind you there are people in England who have problems with that too!!!

Ducks and goes off to work, yes on a Saturday!!
..... there are even those who think the same about Cornwall ...
... which it is

Sussex was once a kingdom as well...

and as for Yorkshire.....

Hendrik · Post by **Hendrik** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:34 pm

eh? since when was yorkshire part of the UK?

sejintenej · Post by **sejintenej** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:45 pm

englishangel wrote:The EU map missed off Wales altogether.

More offensive is that all directives etc. are issued in all EU languages EXCEPT Welsh, Cornish, Devonian and Yorkshire.

I'm not really surprised - when you compare the same document in English (you must do ....... immediately), Spanish (when you have a spare moment in a few years time you could consider........) and French ( you should do ....... but we realise you might not get round to it anytime soon

sejintenej · Post by **sejintenej** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:46 pm

Hendrik wrote:eh? since when was yorkshire part of the UK?

other way round - England is part of Yorkshire by Viking conquest

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:55 pm

sejintenej wrote:
englishangel wrote:The EU map missed off Wales altogether.
More offensive is that all directives etc. are issued in all EU languages EXCEPT Welsh, Cornish, Devonian and Yorkshire.

I'm not really surprised - when you compare the same document in English (you must do ....... immediately), Spanish (when you have a spare moment in a few years time you could consider........) and French ( you should do ....... but we realise you might not get round to it anytime soon

Well, you might consider a D.I.Y. translation - here's your post in "Yorkshire" :

Mooar offensi' is 'a' orl directives etc. are issued i' orl E.U. languages except Welsh, Cornish, Devonian 'n Yorksha. I'm not chuffin' capped - when theur compare t' sem document i' English (you mun doa ....... immediately), Spanish (when theur av eur spare moa i' eur few years tahhm theur could consida........) 'n French ( theur should doa ....... bur we realise theur meight not gerr roun' ta it anytime soon.

It's all here..... http://www.whoohoo.co.uk/

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:57 pm

sejintenej wrote:
englishangel wrote:The EU map missed off Wales altogether.
More offensive is that all directives etc. are issued in all EU languages EXCEPT Welsh, Cornish, Devonian and Yorkshire.

Around here Welsh is VERY much a living language. Mine is pretty basic, I understand a lot more than I can say. I cannot teach in the area as I don't have a written qualification in Welsh, but hey I'm having a better life not taking work home with me!!

Euterpe13 · Post by **Euterpe13** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:54 pm

and I thought the catalans were a sectarian, chauvinistic lot....let's make the obligatorty EU language swahili - it would make no difference whatever to the comprehensibility of EU directives, and might look better...

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:57 pm

Surely there is no Devonian?

Euterpe13 · Post by **Euterpe13** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:55 pm

Great Plum wrote:Surely there is no Devonian?

shame on you - 'course there is, I used to speak it fluently until packed off to school with the vurriners ...