The Twelve Days - Partial
Dec 19, 2021 12:53:20 #
I saw the word "there," and I was about to change it to "their," but I read more carefully. 
Dec 19, 2021 13:06:02 #
You might want to turn "Patridge" into "Partridge." Just sayin...
Dec 19, 2021 13:08:00 #
stanikon wrote:
You might want to turn "Patridge" into "Partridge." Just sayin...
Yeah, after wasting time on "there," I didn't feel like tackling a partridge.
EDIT: Okay, I went back and made the changes. Irfanview had the right settings, so it didn't take long.
Dec 19, 2021 13:23:27 #
Dec 20, 2021 03:03:52 #
EDIT: Okay, I went back and made the changes. Irfanview had the right settings, so it didn't take long.
Love your subtle sense of humour Jerry. Enjoy your Christmas.
Love your subtle sense of humour Jerry. Enjoy your Christmas.
Dec 20, 2021 07:06:00 #
Dec 20, 2021 08:15:40 #
My two cents. The original spelling of partridge was intended. The clue was the phrase "that there". In some parts of the country, really rural or "backwoods" folks have some words that are pronounced in very strange/wrong ways. In the Army I had a couple of Sargent's that worked for me that I had to translate in my head what they were saying, when I was enlisted I had a Captain from Boston that if he spoke rapidly I had to figure out what was being said. I had relatives that came from way back in the hills that this way of speaking was commonplace. Stuff like "zink" for "sink" and "thar" for "there".
Dec 20, 2021 08:31:54 #
Bartulius wrote:
Just recently learned this is a farmer and daughter, not his wife.
Or maybe both?
Dec 20, 2021 11:02:55 #
Patridge? Is that the way they would pronounce it in New England?
Dec 20, 2021 11:54:17 #
Sendai5355 wrote:
Patridge? Is that the way they would pronounce it in New England?
Yes, and there's a comic strip that writes words with a Main accent. It can be tough to read. Let me think of the name. I think it's "Non Sequitor," but they change the theme of their comics day by day.
Dec 20, 2021 12:53:58 #
"Non-Sequitur" is funny stuff. Maybe my favorite comic of all time, other than "The Far Side".. Living in Maine for a bit may have helped my understanding of it.
Dec 20, 2021 18:10:59 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Or maybe both?
... oh no Jerry... not wife & sister. Wife and cousin maybe OK, but sister is going too far. Besides, have you met my sister?
Dec 20, 2021 21:55:24 #
scallihan
Loc: Tigard, OR
Bartulius wrote:
Just recently learned this is a farmer and daughter, not his wife.
Yep.
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