Wide World of Product Names

ADAM Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.

• Skum – Swedish Confectionery 

• Crap - French chocolate 

• Dribly - Italian lemonade 

• Zit - Greek lemon and lime soft drink 

• Schmuck - German confectionery 

• Bang Bang - Spanish chewing gum 

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Adam Jacot de Boinod’s Wide World of Words – Ireland

grace-card (Irish mid 19C) the six of hearts in cards

the boy with the boots (Anglo-Irish late 19C) the joker in the pack of cards

smut (Dublin) the remains of a nearly burnt-out candle

gudget (Donegal) a short thick-set man

clitherer (Hiberno-English, Galway) a woman with too much to say

crawthumper (Hiberno-English) an ostentatiously devout person


Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.

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Light relief . . .

Actual complaints from dissatisfied travellers  . . . made me cry with disbelief!

"Although the brochure said that there was a fully equipped kitchen, there was no egg-slicer in the drawers"

"It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It took the Americans only three hours to get home. This seems unfair."

"When we were in Spain, there were too many Spanish people there. The receptionist spoke Spanish, the food was Spanish. No one told us there would be so many foreigners."

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Quirky and unusual

6th October is Mad Hatter Day which was introduced in 1986 by a group of computer people in Boulder, Colorado.

The Mad Hatter is a fictional character depicted in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The Mad Hatter is always acting silly so grab yourself a hat and . . . 

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Light relief . . . .

It's the weekend . . . which means . . .  take-away!

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Capri, Italy

No flip flops please! 

Locals in Capri, Italy,obviously enjoy a tranquil environment  - there is a ban on ‘noisy footwear’.

Barbados

Forget fashion! It’s illegal to wear or carry any camouflage items on Barbados, unless you're a member of Barbados’ drug and defense forces.

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Travel Quotes . . .

 “When overseas you learn more about your own country, than you do the place you’re visiting.” – Clint Borgen

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Travel Quotes . . .

“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain

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Off-peak travel . . . and you thought the tube was busy!

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Lie back and relax . . .

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Ingenious inventions . . .

NO gas no problem. . . definately one to try on the next camping trip.

                       

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Some light hearted relief for a Monday afternoon . . .

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