Mrs Dally in her younger day studied the Mediaeval literature of the Languedoc.

Thanks, I'll do that.

Indeed.

You can see the links really easily in just a few basic words.

So, for instance:

Milk - melk - milch.

Or

Thank you - dank u – danke.

Yes, basically the everyday English words that the peasants used / still use are often Germanic and the long, fancy English fancy words often French (with in many cases exactly the same spelling).

And why do they instantly stop picking their nose when they glance? I know they were doing it, they know you know they were doing it, so why not carry on picking while glancing?

I don't want another question, I want an answer to my question.

Telepathically will do.

No, the sudden movement of their head in your peripheral vision to look at you is picked up by your fight or flight detector equipment, which is hard wired to that part of the brain from your optic nerve, bypassing your visual cortex. Your conscious mind is concentrating on the road ahead, but your unconscious mind picks up the "threat" and reacts to it.

Is there a God?

If a person who can see into the future can see that they are going to suffer harm and then they change their plans and, hence, don't suffer harm, that means it doesn't happen.
If it didn't happen, how could they have foretold it?

followed on by, why do you need to make an appointment with a clairvoyant?

Why do crumpets take ages to toast?

peripheral vision

indeed, i used to work at McD - when I asked for time off for study leave for my A'Levels the manager laughed and said something like "why's tha want to do a'levels when tha can work here forever."

And why are they called "Pikelets" in Hull?

Hull needs to be partitioned off from the rest of us, really, doesn't it?

they're not, pikelets and crumpets are different.

(although, in the modern world, isn't a pikelet a a baby gypsy?)

Why is the Sin Bin chat thread used solely by the same two or three people to say nothing other than "morning"?

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Sinbin, a font of all knowledge

sorry, you (and Wiki) are wrong, they are different things.

Women also tend to have a wider angle of vison than men, although men can usually see further than women. All apparently goes back to the female nesting instinct and constantly looking out for predators, while the men are out hunting for dinner

why, when shopping with a woman, do they see what they want in the first shop, traipse around town for 4 hours, and then go back and buy the first thing they saw?

Quote ="sally cinnamon"I've got a question, what language did the Normans speak when they conquered us? If they spoke French then how come we didn't end up speaking French? Were they actually French?'" Because they didn't speak French. danielle-duchateau.suite101.com/ ... age-a75347

Quote ="sally cinnamon"I've got a question, what language did the Normans speak when they conquered us? If they spoke French then how come we didn't end up speaking French? Were they actually French?'" Because they didn't speak French. danielle-duchateau.suite101.com/ ... age-a75347

Why are some blokes daft enough to go out shopping with women when they know full-well that they'll "see what they want in the first shop, traipse around town for 4 hours, and then go back and buy the first thing they saw?"

What others call crumpets have traditionally been known as pikelets in Hull, even to the point that retailers sold crumpets as pikelets. At the end of the day, they're all basically the same thing, a thin batter poured onto a hot griddle. None of them can beat Staffordshire oatcakes anyway

We'll be getting into the bread cake argument next

Just spotted Barbudo answered the French question. Apologies for repetition.