13-05-2011, 06:14 PM
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Re: Thingy
Originally Posted by Mags
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We would call that a Thingymebob over here, Bob 
Yes, it is a fern and you've managed to capture all the detail perfectly.
Originally Posted by Mags
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Questions, questions Topaz
Folk in this part of the country ......... no doubt you use strange terms for various things in your part of the world that we have never heard of...
LOL
Yes , Mags ," questions , questions " , how sad they cause you to roll your eyes ............ I was under the impression that`s what makes Forums and other forms of online sociial interaction , tick !
If my questions bother you so much , then please fell free to ignore them , it certainly wont make me feel any less of you
My point was that your post inferred that all Brits call Ferns , " Thingymebob `s " and I couldnt allow you to speak on my behalf as I found that sweeping statement / generalisation to be ridiculous and wrong .
13-05-2011, 06:38 PM
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Re: Thingy
Originally Posted by Topaz
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LOLYes , Mags ," questions , questions " , how sad they cause you to roll your eyes ............ I was under the impression that`s what makes Forums and other forms of online sociial interaction , tick !
If my questions bother you so much , then please fell free to ignore them , it certainly wont make me feel any less of you
My point was that your post inferred that all Brits call Ferns , " Thingymebob `s " and I couldnt allow you to speak on my behalf as I found that sweeping statement / generalisation to be ridiculous and wrong .
13-05-2011, 08:22 PM
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Re: Thingy
Originally Posted by Moli
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Have to say it looks like a thingymebob to me too...a word I use quite a lot....
Originally Posted by maryl
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Well then, from Aberdeen right down to the south coast in Poole where we call something we don't know the name for a 'thingamybob' too.
ROFL
Oh Ladies please dont misunderstand me here , I too use those words ( thingymebob , thingamejig and hewjamafloppy etc , when I dont know , or forget the name of something ) but with all due respect thats NOT what Mags said !
Allow me to quote .............
Mags implied that over here thats what we call Ferns !
Maybe if Mags had worded her sentence differently then the confusion would not have arisen
Perhaps she could have said " we say thingamybob instead of thingy over here Bob . "
I`m sure you can see that her use of the word THAT in her sentence led to confusion , and as my siggy says .................................
13-05-2011, 09:23 PM
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Re: Thingy
Originally Posted by Topaz
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ROFL
Oh Ladies please dont misunderstand me here , I too use those words ( thingymebob , thingamejig and hewjamafloppy etc , when I dont know , or forget the name of something ) but with all due respect thats NOT what Mags said !
Allow me to quote .............
Mags implied that over here thats what we call Ferns !
Maybe if Mags had worded her sentence differently then the confusion would not have arisen
Perhaps she could have said " we say thingamybob instead of thingy over here Bob . "
I`m sure you can see that her use of the word THAT in her sentence led to confusion , and as my siggy says .................................
13-05-2011, 09:39 PM
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Re: Thingy
Originally Posted by Mags
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Stop trying to act the school ma'am Topaz, you knew full well what I meant, you just have a nasty habit of picking people up on things and you have done that several times to others on this forum.
LOL
Now , now Mags , you wouldnt be telling me what to do now , would you ?
I most certainly did not know what you meant , so please desist with your amatuer clairvoyancy on me , if you dont mind
You seem equally adept at picking people up on things yourself Mags .
Pot and Kettle springs to mind
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