The Southend Pound

[Thorpe Groyney]

Many moons ago I spent a fortnight in the Ayr Holiday Park at St. Ives. The bloke who played Tosh in The Bill was there too. You could tell he had an alcohol problem as the first thing he said to me was "Where do you go for a drink round here?"

Where we went as a race night at the local rugby club. Since that night I've never thought there was a separate Cornish language. All it is is that after a few pints of the local brew everybody starts to talk in unintelligible tongues.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

But is it Cornish, Phil ? My impression (from when I lived in Porthleven) is that a lot of these holiday home-owners are 'incomers' and not the indigenous Cornish, however defined.

Not quite what I meant :) but I'm sure this is true enough.FWIW it looks like we might be able to get an unofficial let from real locals.
Perhaps the Cornish pound will be up and running in Porthleven by then?:unsure:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Like Ireland.

Quite right Stevo.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Er, no, that's business.

Er,that's rather what I meant.:)
Irony is so much more subtle than sarcasm IMO.

 

[Rob Noxious]

Perhaps the Cornish pound will be up and running in Porthleven by then?:unsure:

Yes ... and I'll have been training with the England squad in South Africa by then too. :nope:

 

[Rob Noxious]

Where we went as a race night at the local rugby club. Since that night I've never thought there was a separate Cornish language. All it is is that after a few pints of the local brew everybody starts to talk in unintelligible tongues.

Some of the dialect down here is worth listening in to. When you get some of the old Cornish boys speaking to each other, it does sound like a different language. Anyway, Groyney, I think I need to declare you :offtopic:now it is official that we have a situation of your :hijack:... sorry, we tried and we failed, as Morrisey once so plaintively sang. :(

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Yes ... and I'll have been training with the England squad in South Africa by then too. :nope:

Good interview with that nice Michael Owen in the Guardian today.When do I get my fiver BTW?:)

 

[Rob Noxious]

Good interview with that nice Michael Owen in the Guardian today.When do I get my fiver BTW?:)

He's not given up on a place, so the race for five Southend pounds is still on. :punch: ;)