Comments on: Haggis is English? http://finally-woken.com/2009/08/haggis-is-english/ Four seasons in one day, two countries in one heart. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:34:37 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: boneman http://finally-woken.com/2009/08/haggis-is-english/comment-page-1/#comment-2337 boneman Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:01:39 +0000 http://finally-woken.com/?p=1747#comment-2337 Well, I hope i can stay 'on topic' and still get in a bit of auxillary history. That the word is English has become quite a controversy around my blogs. Fact is, there turns out to be many 'English' versions of 'English' There's English English, which is from England. I suppose that's where it got its name. It was probably a toss-up between the words "ENGLISH" and "STICK-UP-THE-BUTT" and being proper folks, they chose Stick-up-the-Butt. however, Queen Victoria (even though she brought the nude to England) interjected and chose "English" Good for her. There's also "Canadian English, eh" "I speak Canadian English,eh" and rather like it. Even though I'm an American (I don't know how they seperate the two...We're both in the same continent. Canadians are Americans, too. North Americans...well. Whatever.) Anyway, it's more like English from the states is called "English, y'all" It used to be called "English stupid" but stupid people started complaing. So, hey use the Souther suffix, and everyone figures it out. Then there's Australian Crikey English. That too has evolved from other sects of English, the earlier being "Bloody English" but, when the Queen visited many many years ago, they shed the "Bloody" and poked in "Crikey" although you may ask Rob (from http://therabexperience.blogspot.com/) for the specifics there. Of course, be careful if you go over as he's written about that lady who's pregnant with twelve babies. And that ain't English so much as it is cruel. Rob, of course, just a fresh father, himself, with one child. OK, so, that's my journey through "English" and what I've learned is, the same words sometimes means different things. None-the-less, haggis, a dish called Scot, is also called something else from Africa and parts of the Southern USA. Chitlins, I believe. Guts. It isn't anymore Scot than my last name (Connell) as at some period of time, most nations went throuigh a drought of food, so, it was important to get as much product from the animal as possible. (just about enough to make a vegetarian out of anybody, if they thought about it long enough) Here abouts, hillbillies used to say they cooked everything but the squeal, when they cooked pig. (I think I'll have some of that squeal, please) No, really. Different nations did different things when the cupboards got thin. They eat squirrel, possum, racoon, fish, gator, snake, lizard,....wait. SQUIRREL?!? Those cute little beggars that eat nuts and sit around trees looking cute? Dang! That would be like eating Bambi. DEER!? Oh you're kidding me! (not at all) Oh well. The thing I've come to realize recently is this. Tuna and whales live in the ocean peacefully. They don't bother anybody, they have languages of sorts, and still we eat them Us. Humans. So basically, I'm thinking we eat animals that are smarter than us! Terrible. (true, maybe...but terrible, eh?) (see? There's some of that Canadian English, now) d=)) .-= boneman´s last blog ..<a href="http://gatorfeedingtips.blogspot.com/2009/08/instead-of-being-rolled-over-by.html" rel="nofollow">TOM HANKS and MEG RYAN</a> =-. Well, I hope i can stay ‘on topic’ and still get in a bit of auxillary history.
That the word is English has become quite a controversy around my blogs. Fact is, there turns out to be many ‘English’ versions of ‘English’
There’s English English, which is from England. I suppose that’s where it got its name. It was probably a toss-up between the words “ENGLISH” and “STICK-UP-THE-BUTT” and being proper folks, they chose Stick-up-the-Butt. however, Queen Victoria (even though she brought the nude to England) interjected and chose “English”
Good for her.
There’s also “Canadian English, eh”
“I speak Canadian English,eh” and rather like it. Even though I’m an American (I don’t know how they seperate the two…We’re both in the same continent. Canadians are Americans, too. North Americans…well. Whatever.)
Anyway, it’s more like English from the states is called “English, y’all” It used to be called “English stupid” but stupid people started complaing. So, hey use the Souther suffix, and everyone figures it out.
Then there’s Australian Crikey English. That too has evolved from other sects of English, the earlier being “Bloody English” but, when the Queen visited many many years ago, they shed the “Bloody” and poked in “Crikey” although you may ask Rob (from http://therabexperience.blogspot.com/) for the specifics there. Of course, be careful if you go over as he’s written about that lady who’s pregnant with twelve babies. And that ain’t English so much as it is cruel. Rob, of course, just a fresh father, himself, with one child.

OK, so, that’s my journey through “English” and what I’ve learned is, the same words sometimes means different things.

None-the-less, haggis, a dish called Scot, is also called something else from Africa and parts of the Southern USA. Chitlins, I believe.
Guts.
It isn’t anymore Scot than my last name (Connell) as at some period of time, most nations went throuigh a drought of food, so, it was important to get as much product from the animal as possible. (just about enough to make a vegetarian out of anybody, if they thought about it long enough)
Here abouts, hillbillies used to say they cooked everything but the squeal, when they cooked pig.
(I think I’ll have some of that squeal, please)
No, really. Different nations did different things when the cupboards got thin. They eat squirrel, possum, racoon, fish, gator, snake, lizard,….wait. SQUIRREL?!? Those cute little beggars that eat nuts and sit around trees looking cute?
Dang!
That would be like eating Bambi.
DEER!? Oh you’re kidding me!
(not at all)
Oh well. The thing I’ve come to realize recently is this.
Tuna and whales live in the ocean peacefully. They don’t bother anybody, they have languages of sorts, and still we eat them
Us. Humans.
So basically, I’m thinking we eat animals that are smarter than us!
Terrible.
(true, maybe…but terrible, eh?)
(see? There’s some of that Canadian English, now)
d=))
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]]> By: Marsha http://finally-woken.com/2009/08/haggis-is-english/comment-page-1/#comment-2334 Marsha Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:34:31 +0000 http://finally-woken.com/?p=1747#comment-2334 I thought 'neeps' were originally made from swedes (and not today's parsnips)? I thought ‘neeps’ were originally made from swedes (and not today’s parsnips)?

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