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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2020 20:29:14 GMT
Sweet vanilla.
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Post by Humph on Nov 28, 2020 20:34:38 GMT
Not quite though is it?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2020 20:45:32 GMT
Ah! well, ya see for me it is because I smell in taste. I know smell includes what hits the palate but I have problems with my nasal cavity which reduces the overall perception to "taste". My son smells in tertiary colour. So, for me, banana tastes of sweet vanilla.
As an ex-smoker what you smell and taste will probably vary if the person you are talking to is a non-smoker...Especially Marlboro Red or bus tickets and camel droppings.
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Post by Avant on Nov 28, 2020 23:23:57 GMT
All of which rather makes the point, doesn't it - how something tastes to you will be different from what it tastes to me or someone else (although most of us can agree about Brussels sprouts....).
So if you ask me to describe the taste of a banana, I'd say 'try one; then you'll know'.
One this I would aay is that like a lot of fruit, bananas don't taste as good as they did in my youth.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2020 23:44:46 GMT
Well there ya see Avant, Humph has one concept of bananas and you have one of sprouts. Boil the sprouts with carrots and the sugars from the carrots totally transform the sprouts.
You can thank me later, my MiL was amazed by the transformation and she's from Edinburgh. Not an easy feet to achieve. People from Edinburgh know everything !!! Like teenagers...<Oh Bugger ! Did I forget the smiley ? >
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Post by EspadaIII on Nov 29, 2020 7:51:12 GMT
Am I the only person who likes sprouts? Boiled a little then sauteed with mushrooms and chestnuts .... yum
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Post by Humph on Nov 29, 2020 8:47:36 GMT
I absolutely adore sprouts, and cabbage. Always go back for seconds.
Edit - and yes, I suppose people from Edinburgh do tend to be right most of the time. It's not something the "others" cope with very well, but I guess it's a combination of all that daily exposure to a higher level of many things.
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Post by tyrednexited on Nov 29, 2020 10:32:11 GMT
Edit - and yes, I suppose people from Edinburgh do tend to be right most of the time. It's not something the "others" cope with very well, but I guess it's a combination of all that daily exposure to a higher level of many things. 😉 ...there's a subtle difference between "He's always right" and "He's "always right""......... |
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Post by Humph on Nov 29, 2020 10:44:34 GMT
When I first started to venture south of the border a lifetime ago, I clearly remember being puzzled as to why people kept asking me if I was "alright" every time I met them. I began to think I must look ill or something, until the penny dropped that it was a common form of greeting in some parts !
Language is odd though, in Scotland for example, the word "aye" can convey so many different meanings depending on context and tone. It can, among many other things express or emphasise, agreement, incredulity, anger, satisfaction, a greeting, puzzlement, approval, disapproval and countless other reactions or statements of intent.
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Post by tyrednexited on Nov 29, 2020 10:47:00 GMT
...Aye, right.....
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Post by Humph on Nov 29, 2020 10:51:29 GMT
...or, "That'll be right" which means exactly the opposite of something being right or likely to be.
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Post by Avant on Nov 29, 2020 23:19:25 GMT
My mum was from Edinburgh, and I learned from an early age that not coming from Glasgow was a great start to anyone's life.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2020 20:16:50 GMT
What I've heard is: "Someone from Glasgow is a Glasweigian, from Aberdeen is an Aberdonian, from Dundee is a Dundonian, from Inverness is an Invernesian.... Someone from Edinburgh is just a <insert expletive> fae Edinburgh."  |
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Post by Humph on Dec 5, 2020 20:26:12 GMT
Very similar to the nicknames for people from the various parts of Britain. The Scots are sometimes referred to as Jocks, the Irish as Paddys, the Welsh as Taffs, but the English are just referred to similarly to the above, but substituting the "Edinburgh" for "English"...or the short, arguably more common version, which uses only the expletive.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2020 20:34:09 GMT
So, did you ever find out what banana's taste of ?
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