6 V.C's .. ftao Retlaw

katex · 04-04-2010, 22:42

Hi me old Lurch. Someone has put this picture up on another site. Wondered what the story was here. Ok .. can google, but just love 'the way you tell 'em'....

Victoria Crosses.jpg

Retlaw · 04-04-2010, 23:19

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Originally Posted by katex

Hi me old Lurch. Someone has put this picture up on another site. Wondered what the story was here. Ok .. can google, but just love 'the way you tell 'em'....

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Hey up ther snakehead.

Id wur durin a bit of a dust up wi jonny turk
durin Dardinelle campaign in WW1.
Them lads of ours intut Thaccy Pals, 1 geet a V.C. an 33 of em geet D.C.M's, an thu wur 168 M.M's.

Retlaw.

katex · 04-04-2010, 23:24

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

Hey up ther snakehead.

Id wur durin a bit of a dust up wi jonny turk
durin Dardinelle campaign in WW1.
Them lads of ours intut Thaccy Pals, 1 geet a V.C. an 33 of em geet D.C.M's, an thu wur 168 M.M's.

Retlaw.

Now that reply is really taxing my translation skills...

Retlaw · 04-04-2010, 23:39

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Originally Posted by katex

Now that reply is really taxing my translation skills...

A carned elp id tha dusn't tawk reight.
wats ti want translatin.

Retlaw

katex · 05-04-2010, 00:19

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carned

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Retlaw

Pardon ??

Just thought it may have been some famous sort of commemorative postcard or summat.

Put the spell checker on you ... nearly all words come up in red ... LOL

jaysay · 05-04-2010, 10:10

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Originally Posted by katex

Pardon ??

Just thought it may have been some famous sort of commemorative postcard or summat.

Put the spell checker on you ... nearly all words come up in red ... LOL

Funny that Kate red comes up lots on all my posts when I engage spell check

Retlaw · 05-04-2010, 10:54

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Originally Posted by katex

Pardon ??

Just thought it may have been some famous sort of commemorative postcard or summat.

Put the spell checker on you ... nearly all words come up in red ... LOL

Dorned ax fur a pardon tha guilty.
Thurs sumat up wi thi spill chucker, mine wurks awreight.

Retlaw.

jaysay · 05-04-2010, 10:56

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

Dorned ax fur a pardon tha guilty.
Thurs sumat up wi thi spill chucker, mine wurks awreight.

Retlaw.

Must be an Old English Spell Checker Retlaw

DaveinGermany · 05-04-2010, 11:08

An interesting tale but if like me you're struggling with Retlaws Lancy twang here is a plain English version

Gallipoli

MargaretR · 05-04-2010, 13:02

Both Retlaw and I are preserved for posterity on 'tape'(laptop) by that young language researcher who was researching for his PhD 18 months ago
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...nts-42610.html

Retlaw · 05-04-2010, 14:17

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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

An interesting tale but if like me you're struggling with Retlaws Lancy twang here is a plain English version

Gallipoli

Ids nod my fault tha wurn'd born in Gods County.

Av bin towd us ids easier fur a Lanky tu learn tu speek kraut than id is fur other folk.

Retlaw.

katex · 05-04-2010, 14:47

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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

An interesting tale but if like me you're struggling with Retlaws Lancy twang here is a plain English version

Gallipoli

Thanks Dave ... that was very helpful and interesting...

Which Accy Pal geet a V.C. Retlaw ? Eew, cud geet in t'swing o this.

DaveinGermany · 05-04-2010, 15:33

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

Ids nod my fault tha wurn'd born in Gods County.

Av bin towd us ids easier fur a Lanky tu learn tu speek kraut than id is fur other folk.

Retlaw.

In actual fact I was, but to the far West of Lancashire in a little Port Town known locally as "Da Pool", back in the mists of time before it got removed from Lancashire & for some reason became part of the "County" known as Merseyside.