I shot this about 12 years ago near Lough Ness..
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I shot this about 12 years ago near Lough Ness..
He was Japanese and was near the end of a Round the World Trip. His luggage weighed 60kg, he told me.
Favourite countries? Mexico and Guatamala.
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Judging by the bandaged leg I'd suggest your aim was a bit low..
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james01 wrote:Judging by the bandaged leg I'd suggest your aim was a bit low..
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I thought this was going to be a post about Nessie
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It has turned into a failed assassination attempt!
It's about travelling light...
It's about travelling light...
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I presume this is in Ireland since the term lough is used.
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Was he camping?
Has he got something in his eye or does a straight finger mean something else.
I wonder if he is home yet.
Has he got something in his eye or does a straight finger mean something else.
I wonder if he is home yet.
You'll never know if you don't try it.
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Re: I shot this about 12 years ago near Lough Ness..
umm i think its a cultural thing. In asia many cultures point to their nose area when asked to point to themselves, wheras in western europe etc people point to their bellies or ribcages to identify themselves. Just a guess....
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Re: I shot this about 12 years ago near Lough Ness..
Lough = Loch.
Pronounced the same.
In Irish and Gaelic, same word Loch = lake. Can also mean a sea-lough. Rhymes with lock in English and Northern Irish, with luck in Munster and Connemara Irish.
Caolas Loch Ailse = the Strait of Lake Ailse = Kyle of Loch Alsh (?).
Caol = narrow, or something narrow. Pronounced Kwale (roughly) in Southern Irish, Kweel (roughly) in other Irish and Swedish-cheffy in Gaelic. This sound ao was Scandinavianised in Gaelic by the Vikings..
Now that my useless information is in full flow, did you know that Scot comes from Scotus (Latin) and means Irishman? And, that Sassenach (Irish and Gaelic) comes from Saxon? And, that Gael comes from a Welsh word for bogtrotter? And that the proscription of starting a sentence with and, is just male bovine excreta!
Pronounced the same.
In Irish and Gaelic, same word Loch = lake. Can also mean a sea-lough. Rhymes with lock in English and Northern Irish, with luck in Munster and Connemara Irish.
Caolas Loch Ailse = the Strait of Lake Ailse = Kyle of Loch Alsh (?).
Caol = narrow, or something narrow. Pronounced Kwale (roughly) in Southern Irish, Kweel (roughly) in other Irish and Swedish-cheffy in Gaelic. This sound ao was Scandinavianised in Gaelic by the Vikings..
Now that my useless information is in full flow, did you know that Scot comes from Scotus (Latin) and means Irishman? And, that Sassenach (Irish and Gaelic) comes from Saxon? And, that Gael comes from a Welsh word for bogtrotter? And that the proscription of starting a sentence with and, is just male bovine excreta!
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Thanks for this. As a self confessed word-nerd I always enjoy "useless" information. And I agree about and.
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I think Loch Aillse is generally taken to mean the winged loch. The sound ao in Gaelic is a diphthong with no real equivalent in English but is a bit like the vowel sound in Coeur (French for 'heart'?). Except in words of more than one syllable when it then reverts to an 'a' sound as in Aonach Mor (ah-nuch).
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Loughborough is pronounced “Luff-burra”, not “Loch-borrock”.
Some call it “Looga-baroooogah”.
Some call it “Looga-baroooogah”.
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Its German for 'Hole'.
It came with the Jutes from northern Germany and Jutland ( Denmark ).
It came with the Jutes from northern Germany and Jutland ( Denmark ).
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Scotland was named "Alba" by the Romans.
The land of the white people.
They painted themselves blue in honour of a god called Lugh, who had a spear that never missed its aim. Lugh is also responsible for the 'Vitrified forts'.
The land of the white people.
They painted themselves blue in honour of a god called Lugh, who had a spear that never missed its aim. Lugh is also responsible for the 'Vitrified forts'.
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Gearoidmuar wrote:Lough = Loch.
Pronounced the same.
Rhymes with lock in English and Northern Irish, with luck in Munster and Connemara Irish.
Collops. The -gh is lough is not the same as the -ck in lock. The English pronounce it that way but that doesn't mean anything.
Have we got time for another cuppa?