Pouffe!
Nick
A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
Love it - the scriptwriters excelled tonight.
Nick from England
Peter Duncanson (BrE)
wrote:
>Kevin pronouced the above as 'poo fee', lol!
>
>A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
>Love it - the scriptwriters excelled tonight.
>
My first wife and her family pronounced it (in the 1960s) "poo fay" as
though it were "pouff�".
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(in alt.english.usage)
Waldo Centini
> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
Or sometimes 'pouphe'!
As the French are wont to say in moments of hightened excitement: 'Le
Trouphe Of Youphe Is Dans Le Pouphe!
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Enzo Matrix
> Op 27-12-2010 21:10, Nick schreef:
>
>> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> Or sometimes 'pouphe'!
>
> As the French are wont to say in moments of hightened excitement: 'Le
> Trouphe Of Youphe Is Dans Le Pouphe!
"Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel
Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty
hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to talk French."
"The Luck Of The Bodkins" - PG Wodehouse
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Enzo
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
Roger Traviss
I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
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musika
Peter Duncanson (BrE) <ma...@peterduncanson.net> typed:
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:10:37 -0800 (PST), Nick <anda...@bigfoot.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Kevin pronouced the above as 'poo fee', lol!
>>
>> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>>
>> Love it - the scriptwriters excelled tonight.
>>
> My first wife and her family pronounced it (in the 1960s) "poo fay" as
Yep. That's what we called it.
--
Ray
UK
Enzo Matrix
>> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
But then "poof" is pronounced "puff".
Robin Bignall
<ma...@peterduncanson.net> wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:10:37 -0800 (PST), Nick <anda...@bigfoot.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Kevin pronouced the above as 'poo fee', lol!
>>
>>A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>>
>>Love it - the scriptwriters excelled tonight.
>>
>My first wife and her family pronounced it (in the 1960s) "poo fay" as
>though it were "pouffé".
That's the pronunciation that my first and second wives and I were
taught. Its alternative spelling is 'pouf' according to COD, so our
pronunciation is almost certainly non-U. Vive les working classes!
--
Robin Bignall
(BrE)
Herts, England
Nick
wrote:
> > A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
>
> --
The Americans have got it right and so have you - rhymes with 'roof'
and 'hoof' - a 'poo' with an 'f' on the end! :-)
Nick from England
Nick
> Roger Traviss writted:
>
> >> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> > I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
>
> But then "poof" is pronounced "puff".
# the magic dragon
# Lived by the sea
# And wandered...
Nick from England
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Nick from England
Ahh like toof ?
Nick
Odds Bodkins, PG ain't just whistlin' 'Dixie'! - take Michael Gambon,
for instance - as Maigret 'e pronounced 'monsieur' as 'moosher'!
Very often an Englishman will get French wrong where an American will
be closer to the mark as in 'aristocrat'! :-D
Nick from England
Nick
> "Nick" <andar...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>
> news:ae859df2-d22e-41ef...@z9g2000yqz.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 27, 9:53 pm, "Roger Traviss" <roger...@highspeedplus.com>
> wrote:
>
> > > A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> > I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
>
> > --
>
>
> The Americans have got it right and so have you - rhymes with 'roof'
> and 'hoof' - a 'poo' with an 'f' on the end! :-)
>
> Nick from England
>
> Ahh like toof ?
<g> Just like toof! :-)
Nick from England
Alex Cunningham.
On Dec 27, 10:10 pm, "Enzo Matrix" <enz...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Roger Traviss writted:
>
> >> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> > I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
>
> But then "poof" is pronounced "puff".
Nick wrote:
# the magic dragon
# Lived by the sea
# And wandered...
Round the hallowed halls of the BBC.
--
Cheers!
Alex.C
There are twelve million sheep in Ontario.
Problem is nine million of them think they are people.
Nick
> On Dec 27, 10:10 pm, "Enzo Matrix" <enz...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Roger Traviss writted:
>
> > >> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> > > I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
>
> > But then "poof" is pronounced "puff".
> Nick wrote:
>
> # the magic dragon
> # Lived by the sea
> # And wandered...
>
> Round the hallowed halls of the BBC.
>
LOL - 'I got it wrong again, Dad' - it was 'frolicked'!
Nick from England
Roger Traviss
The Americans have got it right and so have you - rhymes with 'roof'
and 'hoof' - a 'poo' with an 'f' on the end! :-)
-----------------------------
But, but most 'Mericans pronounce "roof" as "rwroof" rhyming with "woof"
MartinS
> "Roger Traviss" <roger...@highspeedplus.com> wrote:
>> > A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>>
>> I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
>
>
> The Americans have got it right and so have you - rhymes with 'roof'
> and 'hoof' - a 'poo' with an 'f' on the end! :-)
Ah, but many Americans pronounce roof and hoof aa "ruff" and "huff".
--
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MartinS
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=pouf0001&word=pouf&text=%5C%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%88%3C%2FSPAN%3Ep%C3%BCf%5C
>
> The Americans have got it right and so have you - rhymes with 'roof'
> and 'hoof' - a 'poo' with an 'f' on the end! :-)
> -----------------------------
>
> But, but most 'Mericans pronounce "roof" as "rwroof" rhyming with
> "woof"
NANG?
Being a Northerner, I don't distinguish between wuff and woof, or
between buck and book.
--
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Glenn Knickerbocker
>The Americans have got it right and so have you - rhymes with 'roof'
>and 'hoof' - a 'poo' with an 'f' on the end! :-)
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:13:36 -0800, Roger Traviss wrote:
>But, but most 'Mericans pronounce "roof" as "rwroof" rhyming with "woof"
I'd say many but not most. But certainly almost all of us say "hoof"
that way. Where in the world does "hoof" rhyme with "goof"?
ŹR / Darla: Leftovers aren't the mark of a man. \ www.bestweb.net/~notr
Andrew Reid: Actually, they are, because that's how men's shirts button.
Ophelia
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That's not a toof, that's a teef and well you know it!
Ophelia
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We didn't 'ave no posh pouffe. We weren't posh enuff!
Hiya, Ray, Welcome:)
Roger Traviss
I fort lotsa teef was teefatwo.
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"Roger Traviss" <roge...@highspeedplus.com> wrote in message
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>> That's not a toof, that's a teef and well you know it!
>
> I fort lotsa teef was teefatwo.
Nope... dem's teefs!
Nick
> "Carol" <Carolann.clough @btinternet.com> wrote in message
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >news:ae859df2-d22e-41ef...@z9g2000yqz.googlegroups.com...
> > On Dec 27, 9:53 pm, "Roger Traviss" <roger...@highspeedplus.com>
> > wrote:
> >> > A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> >> I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
>
> >> --
>
>
> > The Americans have got it right and so have you - rhymes with 'roof'
> > and 'hoof' - a 'poo' with an 'f' on the end! :-)
>
> > Nick from England
>
> > Ahh like toof ?
>
> That's not a toof, that's a teef and well you know it!
>
LOL!
> --
> --https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
Nick from England
Nick
wrote:
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=pouf0001&word=pouf&text...
>
> The Americans have got it right and so have you - rhymes with 'roof'
> and 'hoof' - a 'poo' with an 'f' on the end! :-)
> -----------------------------
>
> But, but most 'Mericans pronounce "roof" as "rwroof" rhyming with "woof"
>
> --
Excellent post, Roger, and I think that's what REnzo was struggling to
impart with his 'puff' pronounciation for 'pouffe'!
Oddy, on Upstairs Downstairs last night someone pronounced 'pouffe'
correctly, but he/she was a nob!
A pouf also appeared in The Goodies' lighthouse, but it was not
named! :-D
Nick from England
GordonD
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> "Nick" <anda...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>The Americans have got it right and so have you - rhymes with 'roof'
>>and 'hoof' - a 'poo' with an 'f' on the end! :-)
>
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:13:36 -0800, Roger Traviss wrote:
>>But, but most 'Mericans pronounce "roof" as "rwroof" rhyming with "woof"
>
> I'd say many but not most. But certainly almost all of us say "hoof"
> that way. Where in the world does "hoof" rhyme with "goof"?
Here. As do aloof, poof, roof. It's the double-o sound, pronounced 'oo' not
'oa'.
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And 'mirror' as 'meer'. Every time I hear that I expect to see a little
model of a Russian space station hanging on the wall.
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He's welcome anyway!
GordonD
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> "Glenn Knickerbocker" <N...@bestweb.net> wrote in message
>
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>
> > "Nick" <andar...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> >>The Americans have got it right and so have you - rhymes with 'roof'
> >>and 'hoof' - a 'poo' with an 'f' on the end! :-)
>
> > On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:13:36 -0800, Roger Traviss wrote:
> >>But, but most 'Mericans pronounce "roof" as "rwroof" rhyming with "woof"
>
> > I'd say many but not most. But certainly almost all of us say "hoof"
> > that way. Where in the world does "hoof" rhyme with "goof"?
>
> Here. As do aloof, poof, roof. It's the double-o sound, pronounced 'oo' not
> 'oa'.
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho7gIb91Jc0&feature=related
Like this? :-D
Nick from England
GordonD
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho7gIb91Jc0&feature=related
Like this? :-D
Pretty much, yes. It's an annoying racial stereotype but I'm not going to
lose any sleep over it - provided the next advert features a lot of camp men
with bells on their trousers skipping around waving their hankies in the
air!
Nick
> "Nick from England" <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote in messagenews:1101b48b-8dd0-42ff...@n29g2000vby.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 28, 9:46 am, "GordonD" <g.da...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Glenn Knickerbocker" <N...@bestweb.net> wrote in message
>
> >news:emtih6pljqbejrio6...@4ax.com...
>
> > > "Nick" <andar...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > >>The Americans have got it right and so have you - rhymes with 'roof'
> > >>and 'hoof' - a 'poo' with an 'f' on the end! :-)
>
> > > On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:13:36 -0800, Roger Traviss wrote:
> > >>But, but most 'Mericans pronounce "roof" as "rwroof" rhyming with "woof"
>
> > > I'd say many but not most. But certainly almost all of us say "hoof"
> > > that way. Where in the world does "hoof" rhyme with "goof"?
>
> > Here. As do aloof, poof, roof. It's the double-o sound, pronounced 'oo'
> > not
> > 'oa'.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho7gIb91Jc0&feature=related
>
> Like this? :-D
>
> Pretty much, yes. It's an annoying racial stereotype but I'm not going to
> lose any sleep over it - provided the next advert features a lot of camp men
> with bells on their trousers skipping around waving their hankies in the
> air!
> --
ROFL!
Nick from England
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>> "Ophelia" <Oph...@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
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>>>
>>>
>>> "musika" <mUs...@SPAMNOTexcite.com> wrote in message
>>> news:a48So.110608$oI6.1...@newsfe05.ams2...
>>>> In news:ot0ih6p877lt0l5pb...@4ax.com,
>>>> Peter Duncanson (BrE) <ma...@peterduncanson.net> typed:
>>>>> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:10:37 -0800 (PST), Nick <anda...@bigfoot.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Kevin pronouced the above as 'poo fee', lol!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Love it - the scriptwriters excelled tonight.
>>>>>>
>>>>> My first wife and her family pronounced it (in the 1960s) "poo fay" as
>>>>> though it were "pouff�".
>>>>
>>>> Yep. That's what we called it.
>>>
>>> We didn't 'ave no posh pouffe. We weren't posh enuff!
>>>
>>> Hiya, Ray, Welcome:)
>>
>> Ooph just realised you are from aeu!
>
>
> He's welcome anyway!
Troo but I thought he was just a new poster 'here':)
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>
>
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>> "Ophelia" <Oph...@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Ophelia" <Oph...@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
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>>>> "musika" <mUs...@SPAMNOTexcite.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:a48So.110608$oI6.1...@newsfe05.ams2...
>>>>> In news:ot0ih6p877lt0l5pb...@4ax.com,
>>>>> Peter Duncanson (BrE) <ma...@peterduncanson.net> typed:
>>>>>> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:10:37 -0800 (PST), Nick <anda...@bigfoot.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kevin pronouced the above as 'poo fee', lol!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Love it - the scriptwriters excelled tonight.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> My first wife and her family pronounced it (in the 1960s) "poo fay"
>>>>>> as
>>>>>
>>>>> Yep. That's what we called it.
>>>>
>>>> We didn't 'ave no posh pouffe. We weren't posh enuff!
>>>>
>>>> Hiya, Ray, Welcome:)
>>>
>>> Ooph just realised you are from aeu!
>>
>>
>> He's welcome anyway!
>
> Troo but I thought he was just a new poster 'here':)
Yes, I know what you mean. But we welcome anybody into ratucs so long as
they don't break the furniture.
Nick
wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:10:37 -0800 (PST), Nick <andar...@bigfoot.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Kevin pronouced the above as 'poo fee', lol!
>
> >A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> >Love it - the scriptwriters excelled tonight.
>
> My first wife and her family pronounced it (in the 1960s) "poo fay" as
>
> --
LOL - that's awfully, awfully posh! ;-)
Nick from England
Ophelia
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We have furniture? They why is REnzo sitting up in that tree?
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Ophelia <Oph...@Elsinore.me.uk> typed:
with material and the gaps stuffed with old nylons.
Thanks for the welcome.
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Luxury................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Thanks for the welcome.
My pleasure:)
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Peter Duncanson (BrE)
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>On Dec 27, 9:25 pm, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net>
It sounds that way, but they weren't posh. They were averagely decent
council house dwellers who had picked up the pronunciation somewhere and
thought that it was more correct than the "common" poof.
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(in alt.english.usage)
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Yers! It is the falling downs that concerns me not the climbings!
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We didn't have one but I seem to remember they were called poofies <g>
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My gran had one - we called it a poofie.
Leslie Danks
The German word "Puff", pronounced "poof" (oo as in book) means brothel
or similar establishment. Whether there's any connection I do not know.
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Maybe it dependsa wherea you puta it.....
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Nick
wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:38:38 -0800 (PST), Nick <andar...@bigfoot.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >On Dec 27, 9:25 pm, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net>
> >wrote:
> >> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:10:37 -0800 (PST), Nick <andar...@bigfoot.com>
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >Kevin pronouced the above as 'poo fee', lol!
>
> >> >A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> >> >Love it - the scriptwriters excelled tonight.
>
> >> My first wife and her family pronounced it (in the 1960s) "poo fay" as
> >> though it were "pouff ".
>
> >> --
>
> >LOL - that's awfully, awfully posh! ;-)
>
> It sounds that way, but they weren't posh. They were averagely decent
> council house dwellers who had picked up the pronunciation somewhere and
> thought that it was more correct than the "common" poof.
>
Not correct, but very impressive - Corrie's Kevin Webster's 'poo fee'
was hilarious, though!
Very odd that on the same night, a pouffe turned up on Upstairs
Downstairs AND The Goodies; you don't usually see many pouffes
knocking about! :-D
Nick from England where cacti are scarce!
Nick
> "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net> wrote in messagenews:t5kjh6hsqg77lcl4b...@4ax.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:38:38 -0800 (PST), Nick <andar...@bigfoot.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >>On Dec 27, 9:25 pm, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net>
> >>wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:10:37 -0800 (PST), Nick <andar...@bigfoot.com>
> >>> wrote:
>
> >>> >Kevin pronouced the above as 'poo fee', lol!
>
> >>> >A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> >>> >Love it - the scriptwriters excelled tonight.
>
> >>> My first wife and her family pronounced it (in the 1960s) "poo fay" as
> >>> though it were "pouff ".
>
> >>> --
>
> >>LOL - that's awfully, awfully posh! ;-)
>
> > It sounds that way, but they weren't posh. They were averagely decent
> > council house dwellers who had picked up the pronunciation somewhere and
> > thought that it was more correct than the "common" poof.
>
> We didn't have one but I seem to remember they were called poofies <g>
> --
<g> Just like wot Kevin said! :-)
> --https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
Nick from Southern England
Nick
> "Ophelia" <Ophe...@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
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> > "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net> wrote in message
> >news:t5kjh6hsqg77lcl4b...@4ax.com...
> >> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:38:38 -0800 (PST), Nick <andar...@bigfoot.com>
> >> wrote:
>
> >>>On Dec 27, 9:25 pm, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net>
> >>>wrote:
> >>>> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:10:37 -0800 (PST), Nick <andar...@bigfoot.com>
> >>>> wrote:
>
> >>>> >Kevin pronouced the above as 'poo fee', lol!
>
> >>>> >A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> >>>> >Love it - the scriptwriters excelled tonight.
>
> >>>> My first wife and her family pronounced it (in the 1960s) "poo fay" as
> >>>> though it were "pouff ".
>
> >>>> --
>
> >>>LOL - that's awfully, awfully posh! ;-)
>
> >> It sounds that way, but they weren't posh. They were averagely decent
> >> council house dwellers who had picked up the pronunciation somewhere and
> >> thought that it was more correct than the "common" poof.
>
> > We didn't have one but I seem to remember they were called poofies <g>
>
> My gran had one - we called it a poofie.
> --
Scottish pronounciation like 'wee timorous beastie' and the like,
methinks! :-)
Nick from south of Caledonia
Roger Traviss
was hilarious, though!
Very odd that on the same night, a pouffe turned up on Upstairs
Downstairs AND The Goodies; you don't usually see many pouffes
knocking about! :-D
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And definitely not in acting or the other performing arts.
Merry Christmas
Roger Traviss
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http://www.highspeedplus.com/~rogertra/
For more photos not in the above album and kitbashes etc..:-
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/Great_Eastern/
MartinS
> "musika" <mUs...@SPAMNOTexcite.com> wrote...
>>>
>>>> Kevin pronouced the above as 'poo fee', lol!
>>>>
>>>> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>>>>
>>>> Love it - the scriptwriters excelled tonight.
>>>>
>>> My first wife and her family pronounced it (in the 1960s) "poo fay" as
>>
>> Yep. That's what we called it.
>
> We didn't 'ave no posh pouffe. We weren't posh enuff!
We 'ad ter make do wi' an orange crate.
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MartinS
> "Ophelia" <Oph...@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote...
>> "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <ma...@peterduncanson.net> wrote...
>>>> "Peter Duncanson (BrE)"
>>>> <m...@peterduncanson.net> wrote:
>>>>> Nick <andar...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >Kevin pronouced the above as 'poo fee', lol!
>>>>>
>>>>> >A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>>>>>
>>>>> >Love it - the scriptwriters excelled tonight.
>>>>>
>>>>> My first wife and her family pronounced it (in the 1960s) "poo
>>>>> fay" as though it were "pouff ".
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It sounds that way, but they weren't posh. They were averagely
>>> decent council house dwellers who had picked up the pronunciation
>>> somewhere and thought that it was more correct than the "common"
>>> poof.
>>
>> We didn't have one but I seem to remember they were called poofies
>> <g>
>
> My gran had one - we called it a poofie.
Well, that's in Scotland innit, where they had steamies, shooglies, etc.
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GordonD
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We'd have settled for any colour we could get.
Nick
wrote:
> Not correct, but very impressive - Corrie's Kevin Webster's 'poo fee'
> was hilarious, though!
> Very odd that on the same night, a pouffe turned up on Upstairs
> Downstairs AND The Goodies; you don't usually see many pouffes
> knocking about! :-D
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> And definitely not in acting or the other performing arts.
>
<g>We never had a pouf, but they must be nice for putting your feet
on!
Nick from England
Ophelia
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You actewally 'ad an orange crate???????????? Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh that were
reel luxury!!
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Daniel James
> The toothbrush was invented in Norfolk. If it had been invented
> anywhere else, it'd have been called a teethbrush.
So ... a footpad has to have one leg tied behind his back if doesn't
come from Norfolk?
And an armchair should be an armschair unless it only has one arm (or
comes from Norfolk)?
I see ...
Cheers,
Daniel.
Ophelia
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'e knows ya know... *snigger*
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GordonD
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You're from alt.english.usage, aren't you?
D. Johnston
>> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
>
>
>
It looked like a footstool to me ;)
Diane
Waldo Centini
>>> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>>
>> I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
>>
>>
>>
> It looked like a footstool to me ;)
Your stool doesn't come from your foot! It comes from an entirely
different part of your body!
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Waldo Centini
*** He Who Lives Longest Drinks Most ***
Roger Traviss
>>>
>>> I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> It looked like a footstool to me ;)
>
> Your stool doesn't come from your foot! It comes from an entirely
> different part of your body!
Bummer!
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Alex Cunningham.
>>> The toothbrush was invented in Norfolk. If it had been invented
>>> anywhere else, it'd have been called a teethbrush.
>>
>> come from Norfolk?
>> And an armchair should be an armschair unless it only has one arm (or
>> comes from Norfolk)?
>
>aren't you?
> --
Ya think!!
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Cheers!
Alex.C
There are twelve million sheep in Ontario.
Problem is nine million of them think they are people.
Nick
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSoFfGbLaDXnJnVLlMhMSQIsDwb-oqnC0H2WypLMrAh6pcve3Mj
or toadstool, but great to put your feet on, methinks! :-)
Nick from the Land of the Blue Men
Peter Duncanson (BrE)
Watch out for stool pigeons.
Nick
wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:49:57 -0800 (PST), Nick
>
> >On Dec 28, 8:53 pm, "D. Johnston" <tvo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Roger Traviss wrote:
> >> >> A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
>
> >> > I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
>
> >> It looked like a footstool to me ;)
>
>
> >or toadstool, but great to put your feet on, methinks! :-)
>
> >Nick from the Land of the Blue Men
>
> Watch out for stool pigeons.
>
<g> Did you sing at school..(?)
#There is a little man standing in the wood
Nick from England
Peter Duncanson (BrE)
The words are vaguely familiar but I don't think I sang them at school.
Nick
wrote:
Perhaps a whole verse will ring a bell! :-)
# There is a little man standing in the wood
# He wears a purple cloak and a small black hood
# Tell me, tell me if you can
# What's the name of this poor man?
# Standing there with one foot upon the ground!
Nick from England
Peter Duncanson (BrE)
That confirms it. I don't remember ever singing that.
Ophelia
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lol me neither!!
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Nedville
> Kevin pronouced the above as 'poo fee', lol!
>
>
>
My Grannie had a poo fay, and always called it that.
The word pouf didn't have it's negative connotations in those innocent
days, but we never referred to it as a pouf.
Nedville from Scotland
Nick
wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:48:31 -0800 (PST), Nick
>
>
>
>
>
It's pretty obscure, but must've bin in Hants County Council school
song boks in the 50s!
Can you guess who the little man is?
Nick from England
Daniel James
> You're from alt.english.usage, aren't you?
Well, I'm certainly not from Norfolk ...
You must be one of the Corrie crowd? Welcome to AEU!
Cheers,
Daniel.
Daniel James
3885ca...@k22g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, Nick wrote:
> Perhaps a whole verse will ring a bell! :-)
>
> # There is a little man standing in the wood
> # He wears a purple cloak and a small black hood
> # Tell me, tell me if you can
> # What's the name of this poor man?
> # Standing there with one foot upon the ground!
I remember something somewhat like that ...
| A little man is standing in the wood
| A [something] scarlet [something] is his hood
| Tell me, tell me, if you can
| What's the name of this old (?) man?
| A little man is standing in the wood
My forgettery is not what it will have been, but your version is
sufficiently different that I don't think we learnt quite the same
words.
He's a toadstool, of course ... and they do vary in colouration.
A quick $(SEARCH_ENGINE_OF_CHOICE) reveals
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070216092642AAIhOds
which suggests that we may be talking about different translations --
or a conflation of two verses -- of a song from Humperdink's opera
/Hansel and Gretel/.
Cheers,
Daniel.
GordonD
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Ditto. Thought we were heading for a flame war over the toothbrush joke, so
I'm glad we've avoided that!
Glenn Knickerbocker
>Op 28-12-2010 21:53, D. Johnston schreef:
>Your stool doesn't come from your foot! It comes from an entirely
>different part of your body!
Doesn't that depend on the preferences of the cannibal? This sheds an
entirely new light on the toxicity of toadstools.
�R "MY FLIEGENDE HOLL�NDER WON'T STOP BLEEEEEEING!" --Poot
<http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/magictop.html> Rootbeer
Nick
> In article <582b316b-2b69-4ac4-8eea-
>
> 3885ca345...@k22g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, Nick wrote:
> > Perhaps a whole verse will ring a bell! :-)
>
> > # There is a little man standing in the wood
> > # He wears a purple cloak and a small black hood
> > # Tell me, tell me if you can
> > # What's the name of this poor man?
> > # Standing there with one foot upon the ground!
>
> I remember something somewhat like that ...
>
> | A little man is standing in the wood
> | A [something] scarlet [something] is his hood
> | Tell me, tell me, if you can
> | What's the name of this old (?) man?
> | A little man is standing in the wood
>
> My forgettery is not what it will have been, but your version is
> sufficiently different that I don't think we learnt quite the same
> words.
>
> He's a toadstool, of course ... and they do vary in colouration.
>
>
> which suggests that we may be talking about different translations --
> or a conflation of two verses -- of a song from Humperdink's opera
> /Hansel and Gretel/.
>
Wow, that is EXCELLENT, Daniel!
Isn't Engelbert clever and such a good singer, too! :-D (kidding)
And YES, a toadstool!
'I say, I say, I say - my dustbin's full of toadstalls!'
Nick from England
GordonD
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And YES, a toadstool!
My hovercraft is full of eels!
MartinS
How do you know it's full?
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Nick
> Nick <andar...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
> > 'I say, I say, I say - my dustbin's full of toadstalls!'
>
> How do you know it's full?
Cos there's not mushroom inside! :-D
Nick from Engand
GordonD
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You are Lonnie Donegan AICMFP.
Nick
> "Nick" <pacif...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
>
> news:b5db41a7-300c-4b46...@f20g2000vbc.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 29, 5:51 pm, MartinS <m...@my.place> wrote:
>
> > Nick <andar...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
> > > 'I say, I say, I say - my dustbin's full of toadstalls!'
>
> > How do you know it's full?
>
> Cos there's not mushroom inside! :-D
>
> You are Lonnie Donegan AICMFP.
> --
LOL - bin readin' about 'im in Rockin' At The 2 I's!
Nick from England
Daniel James
> Thought we were heading for a flame war over the toothbrush joke, so
> I'm glad we've avoided that!
Wouldn't the opponents have to have at least one flame each for a war
(rather than a simple incineration) ... so shouldn't it be a
"flameswar"?
Jus' sayin' ... <smile>
Cheers,
Daniel.
Ophelia
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*point*
GordonD
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That was so obtuse you belong here in ratucs!
Odysseus
"GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote in message
> news:5MdSo.3701$jj5....@newsfe03.iad...
> > Nick <anda...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> >> "Roger Traviss" <roger...@highspeedplus.com> wrote:
> >>> > A pouffe or pouf is pronounced 'poof'!
> >>>
> >>> I thought it was pronounced "pouf" not "poof".
> >> http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=pouf0001&word=pouf&text=%5C%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%88%3C%2FSPAN%3Ep%C3%BCf%5C
> >>
> >> The Americans have got it right and so have you - rhymes with 'roof'
> >> and 'hoof' - a 'poo' with an 'f' on the end! :-)
> >
> > Ah, but many Americans pronounce roof and hoof aa "ruff" and "huff".
>
> And 'mirror' as 'meer'. Every time I hear that I expect to see a little
> model of a Russian space station hanging on the wall.
Many western Canadians, too. My family moved to Alberta from Ontario
when I was eight, and some of my new classmates found my bisyllabic
pronunciation of "mirror" hilarious. I also recall being ridiculed for
pronouncing "issue" (with "tissue") as /Isjuw/ rather than the
prevailing /ISuw/.
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