tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5142973960903489366..comments2024-03-28T17:44:11.289+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: "A bad knee is worse than no knee at all. A bad knee and an early grave."Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-15477068090341644652020-04-08T06:52:17.872+01:002020-04-08T06:52:17.872+01:00Comment from Hrothgar:
My internal Irish accent k...Comment from Hrothgar:<br /><br />My internal Irish accent kept wanting to metamorphose into a particularly thick Welsh accent before returning to Irish when I read this through, perhaps because that is what I am more familiar with hearing. I can think of a few older Welshmen (one in particular, who would need only a suitable interlocutor) of my own acquaintance on whom you might be able to eavesdrop and hear a very similar conversation to this day, actually - supposing you could understand what they were saying at all, which might be something of a challenge for most. The conversation certainly rings true, at any rate, and hardly even seems much exaggerated - I can certainly imagine hearing it somewhere like a bar where elderly, old-fashioned, and garrulous gentlemen of a "Celtic" persuasion are accustomed to hang out.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.com