tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post7578273388054334207..comments2023-09-11T13:56:56.236+01:00Comments on Postcards From Across the Pond: That Holiday AgainMikeHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-4062675037114196002010-12-09T08:24:39.444+00:002010-12-09T08:24:39.444+00:00Brit Fancy: A year! My how time flies. Say &quo...Brit Fancy: A year! My how time flies. Say "Hi" to Victoria for me.MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-71639969542332334422010-12-08T04:41:26.532+00:002010-12-08T04:41:26.532+00:00Hi Mike! I hope you are having great holidays. I d...Hi Mike! I hope you are having great holidays. I don't feel right when I can't celebrate Thanksgiving properly either. Sounds like you had quite a feast. Do you realize I met you in person just about one year ago this week?? :) Hope you're taking care!Brit Fancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473031474235655242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-26293186393028919932010-12-05T14:02:43.956+00:002010-12-05T14:02:43.956+00:00Don't worry anon- with a wife whose father is ...Don't worry anon- with a wife whose father is from Glasgow Mike has already been introduced to Milngavie etc. My Scottish relatives take fun in testing . We have had several holidays in Scotland and are slowly coming across the list of sites you've named.Then Mike gets his own back when we travel over the pond- all those Native American place namesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-71347676676711405672010-12-03T03:28:09.703+00:002010-12-03T03:28:09.703+00:00After eight years of living in the UK, I gave up t...After eight years of living in the UK, I gave up trying to do Thanksgiving, yet it was the holiday I enjoyed the most upon repatriating to the U.S.--so much less commercial than Christmas. What's more, I think I found it easy to forgo Thanksgiving during my years in the UK as I enjoyed the way the English do Christmas and threw my energies into this instead. As you know, a UK Christmas typically involves a sumptuous meal of turkey, brussels sprouts and so on--so I got my Thanksgiving dinner then. But it was more than that--the combination of Christmas (for family) and Boxing Day (for friends) resembled our Thanksgiving in spirit.<br /><br />Hmmm... Perhaps this also accounts for why I no longer enjoy American Christmas but prefer Thanksgiving. <br /><br />What a twisted life we expats lead!ML Awanoharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16238451984653386278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-33463870305634052472010-12-02T13:18:38.886+00:002010-12-02T13:18:38.886+00:00Since we've moved on to place names: Before I...Since we've moved on to place names: Before I moved to the UK (actually, for a short time after that, as well) I believed there was a city in Scotland called Edinburgh (pronounced Ed in burg) and another, which, strangely, I could not find on a map but which people talked about a lot, called "Ed en burra."MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-27571436103017558422010-12-02T10:48:52.322+00:002010-12-02T10:48:52.322+00:00And of course Greenock is, in fact, pronounced Gre...And of course Greenock is, in fact, pronounced Greenock (which is what just what you'd choose to say if you're not English) not Gren-ock as in Gren - itch (Greenwich), as my English in laws insist. <br /><br />I hope you had a good holiday in Kirkudbright!guineapigmumhttp://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-77169424047005844792010-12-02T02:00:58.897+00:002010-12-02T02:00:58.897+00:00You are traveling and learning -- and have now pro...You are traveling and learning -- and have now progressed to studying and understanding (??) the vagaries of pronunciation from the Land of My Birth, Scotland. On your travels you may want to visit Auchinleck (pronounced Affleck), Culzean (Kullane), Milngavie (Mullguy), Auchtermuchty (Oktermukty), Auchterarder (Okterarder), Athelstaneford (Ailshinford), Balluchullish (Ballahoolish), Beauly (Beoolie), Kingussie (Kinyoosie), Penicuik (Pennycook) or Weymiss (Weems). And always remember Glasgow does not rhyme with "how" (as in Glasghow) but with "go" (as in Glasgo)plus if you grab a taxi to go shopping on Sauchiehall street heaven only knows where you will end up if you don't ask them to take you to "Suckiehall Street". To complicate matters it is claimed that the purest form of English is spoken in Inverness (Capital of the Highlands). Are you confused enough yet?? Are you ready to return to Marilyn (Maryland) or Arkansas (Arkansaw) or maybe a vacation in Callas (Calais) Maine!!<br />Different sides of The Pond and yet we both claim we speak English -- go figure!!<br />MarionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-36363141912572393062010-12-01T11:42:34.589+00:002010-12-01T11:42:34.589+00:00I was lucky enough to have two thanksgiving turkey...I was lucky enough to have two thanksgiving turkeys this year - one very posh and fancy one here in London with American friends and then another out in Shropshire with English friends. The English was more traditional! Both were fab. glad you had a good thanksgiving in Scotland. Are we just an international bunch?'Cross the Pondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440785047330329486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-66263797366910772932010-12-01T06:35:06.453+00:002010-12-01T06:35:06.453+00:00Stacy: Yes, my holidays seem to be stacking up ;)...Stacy: Yes, my holidays seem to be stacking up ;) I regret to say this, but I fear the very ambitious "Disconnected" posts will have to fall by the way side, or at least take a back seat for a while.<br /><br />And thanks for the link--I did read it. And enjoyed it.<br /><br />Clippy: We accidentally ended up visiting Canada on their Thanksgiving. It was very surreal.MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-43347514604410638462010-11-30T12:14:39.297+00:002010-11-30T12:14:39.297+00:00Mike: Being an expat in Canada where Thanksgiving ...Mike: Being an expat in Canada where Thanksgiving is celebrated in October mine is the opposite of your situation It always takes me by surprise when I hear people ask 'Did you get your turkey for Thanksgiving yet?' In my mind, turkeys are for Christmas. I like the holiday part of it, i.e. the day off work but our watered down Canadian version of the US holiday is a poor comparison. I don't get it.<br />My daughter in England had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with a Canadian friend. They invited lots of people for turkey and all of the trimmings. Which they all referred to as "Christmas Dinner". It just doesn't cross over apparently.<br />:-)Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-47851609522411613282010-11-29T22:03:14.235+00:002010-11-29T22:03:14.235+00:00Mike, we haven't finished experiencing your la...Mike, we haven't finished experiencing your last holiday yet, and now you add Scotland into the mix. :) It does sound like a lovely trip. Thanks for the pronunciation guide to Kirkcudbright—if you ever discover why they continue to write with consonants over there, please share.<br /><br />It makes me feel really squirmy to do this, but you might like my Thanksgiving post: http://microcosm-in-the-q.blogspot.com/2010/11/on-edge-of-utopia.html. Feel free not to read it—I only offer because you seem a little hungry for some good old-fashioned American Thanksgiving mushiness. <br /><br />Hope the novel is going well!Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297253093260251145noreply@blogger.com