Imagine Middlesex — it must exist — a town, maybe a “village,” not a city. It’s in The Shires — wherever that is — an English village situated on a stream whose name is sufficiently spelt with three letters. The Cob? Middlesex-on-Cob! A traditional place which knows its mind, Praise God.
The Middlesexuals are staunch Monarchists, Church of Englanders. That will tell you about their principles. Middlesex knows where it stands. Political blood runs blue (equals conservative) thereabouts. Bending to Reform of late. Mr. Farage knows whereof, settled in his views, speaks from the heart, one thinks. The village is rightly exercised over the immigrant problem, though there’s little of it locally, praise God.
The owner of The Currant and Cornflower is thought to be Eastern European but has managed not to stick out. It was his great grandfather turned up from nowhere after The War — not that one, the first one — and founded the shop the family lives from. A swarthy lot they are, mind you, but with clear eyes. And marry their own, praise God.
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Yes from what I read and hear, the UK is in a parlous state at the moment with the rise of the nasty Farage, though whether it will actually result in anything remains to be seen. We live in strange times indeed. best wishes Sue
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I’m able to be distracted by tangents when confronted with odious characters, Sue. I hear Farage’s name alternately pronounced to rhyme with how we say “garage” here, which is ga-RAHJ, and how Brits say it, which is something like “GER-ridge” (rhyming with “disparage”). Which of those variants for “garage” is the norm in Australia?
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We say ga-RAHJ like you Jim. However, we have a lot of British immigrants who still insist on saying GER-ridge. It’s a good marker of whether they have adopted Australian pronunciation or not.
As for ‘Farage’ – I think it can even be pronounced with a French accent which is ironical. He is such a tosser (a useful British term) – for years he was a member for the UK of the European parliament (on a lovely salary) but hated Europe and promoted Brexit! Grr!
What’s happening with MTG and Trump??!!
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Thanks for the info, Sue. I’m just now reading in the Guardian that MTG is making conciliatory noises towards Trump. To be seen if she worms her way back into his good graces. Heaven help us either way!
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