Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

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I never liked Freebird before.
I'm still more vegan than this, but the book was fifty cents where I got the three-dollar knives, and it's praised by Craig Claiborne.

 

[TXGatorbait]

Great pic!

Thank you! Looks like a very special evening, great way to spend Father’s Day

 

[Jakeywax31]

We call that "chicken fried steak" here in Texas.

Very true . Bubba that owned the place called it country . Dang sooners.

 

[echoscout]

. Why wasn't i invited. ..

Your welcome anytime Leon!

Thank you David, I'm sorry for missing your post before

Great pic buddy Nice paint job

I really enjoyed this post, and must have read it half a dozen times That looks great David Sounds like you had a good visit

Thanks Jack! My brother and I get along good and always have a good time.

Good morning Guardians, it looks like everyone had a good weekend, and I hope you're feeling refreshed, and ready for the week ahead. It looks like a pretty nice day outside, after the rain last night, but I think I am mainly going to be occupied indoors this week, as I have some work to do. No mention of the bus strike on the radio, (as Leeds is not London), but I'm sure it is having quite an impact. I thought I'd blow the cobwebs away with The Chieftain today! Have a great week Guardians

Always enjoy seeing the Chiefian!


Morning Guardians! Been sitting outside watching the dawning of a new day as the sun rises above the horizon. 19 is standing guard.

 

[Jack Black]

I never liked Freebird before.
I'm still more vegan than this, but the book was fifty cents where I got the three-dollar knives, and it's praised by Craig Claiborne.

It looks good Jer, I've never made my own sausages, but it's probably the way to go I remember two old Polish butchers in Sheffield, Bruno and Kempke, who had a decades-long feud about their sausages, and who'd slag each other off without the slightest encouragement! When my eldest daughter was in her pushchair, I was buying a variety of sausage from Bruno, in Sheffield market, and he looked at my daughter, and said, enthusiastically, "I like to put her in the sausage!" It was mildly disconcerting!

Thanks Jack! My brother and I get along good and always have a good time.

Always enjoy seeing the Chiefian!


Morning Guardians! Been sitting outside watching the dawning of a new day as the rises above the horizon. 19 is standing guard.

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That's great to hear David, The Chieftain thanks you Sounds like a nice way to start the week my friend

 

[Onebigbill]

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With the Wild Turkey 101 in my cabinet, I have my favorite whiskies right now.
Happy Fathers Day, everyone!

Mighty fine drams! Mighty fine knife too!

 

[Onebigbill]

Good morning Guardians. Another fine sunny morning but some rain chances tomorrow. We need it! Of to the dentist this afternoon to get my new crown installed. Going to Walmart for some stuff too. Expecting overnight guests today. Retired Colonel and his wife. I finally looked up why we pronounce Colonel "Kernal". If you are interested in the ranks of our armed forces and the history of them check out this site:

https://media.defense.gov/2011/Jan/11/2001330017/-1/-1/0/Why%20is%20the%20Colonel%20called%20Kernal.pdf

Got my HHB with me today.

 

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he looked at my daughter, and said, enthusiastically, "I like to put her in the sausage!"

Mildly disconcerting? I might have switched to Kempke.
Before I went vegan, I used to aspire to make my own sausage, so as to exclude the gobbets of gristle and chips of bone. I might still have Mom's manual meat grinder in the basement.

I had Italian hot sausage and sauerkraut last night. I slept abominably.

 

[Jack Black]

Good morning Guardians. Another fine sunny morning but some rain chances tomorrow. We need it! Of to the dentist this afternoon to get my new crown installed. Going to Walmart for some stuff too. Expecting overnight guests today. Retired Colonel and his wife. I finally looked up why we pronounce Colonel "Kernal". If you are interested in the ranks of our armed forces and the history of them check out this site:

https://media.defense.gov/2011/Jan/11/2001330017/-1/-1/0/Why%20is%20the%20Colonel%20called%20Kernal.pdf

Got my HHB with me today.
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Good luck at the dentist Bill, and enjoy having your guests over That's an interesting document. Here Lieutenant is pronounced 'Lef'tenant' for some reason, but I have no idea why I spent a lot of time reading old US Navy regulations in relation to one of Charlie waynorth 's thread/knives, so I don't think I'll go down that particular rabbit-hole again! That's a great shot of your Hartshead Barlow

Mildly disconcerting? I might have switched to Kempke.
Before I went vegan, I used to aspire to make my own sausage, so as to exclude the gobbets of gristle and chips of bone. I might still have Mom's manual meat grinder in the basement.

I had Italian hot sausage and sauerkraut last night. I slept abominably.

LOL! Yeah, it as the way his eyes bulged, and his hand gestures! A friend of mine preferred Kempke, but I found that his kabanos were all fat. Probably that was OK in his native Poland! Sheffield market used to be a great place to shop, all gone now unfortunately I bought a good meat-grinder for my mate's missus a few years back, she is Polish too. I remember using them a lot as a kid, helping my grandmother, and mother out. There's no doubt that sausages can contain some very dubious ingredients, and I think they were possibly even worse when I was a kid. The best pork sausages I ever bought were in France, but they were expensive. The South Africans pride themselves on the quality of their sausages, and at one time there was a South African butcher in Leeds market, but he is long gone, along with most of the rest Sorry to hear about your bad night's sleep Jer, did you eat late? I used to buy Italian sausage regularly, but the place I got it closed down a while back. Rose Beast looks tasty in the pan!

 

[Jack Black]

Here Lieutenant is pronounced 'Lef'tenant' for some reason, but I have no idea why I spent a lot of time reading old US Navy regulations in relation to one of Charlie waynorth 's thread/knives, so I don't think I'll go down that particular rabbit-hole again!

Doh! Why did I bother! Lots of daft theories (elsewhere), and no real definitive answer!

Q: My daughter wonders why “lieutenant” is pronounced lef-TEN-ant in the UK and loo-TEN-ant in the US. Do you have any clues?

A: The word “lieutenant” came into Middle English in the 1300s from French—lieu for “place” and tenant for “holding.”

(Originally a “lieutenant” was a placeholder, a civil or military officer acting in place of a superior. Think of the phrase “in lieu of” for “in place of.” )

But since the beginning, the British have commonly pronounced the first syllable of “lieutenant” as if it had an “f” or a “v.”

In the early days, this tendency was sometimes reflected in spellings: “leeftenaunt” (1387), “luf-tenend “ (late 1300s), “leyf tenaunt” (early 1400s),” “lyeftenaunt” (circa 1425), “luff tenande” (late 1400s), “leivetenant” (late 1500s), and so on.

But long after the spelling stabilized and “lieutenant” became the dominant form in writing, the “f” sound has survived in British speech, where the usual pronunciation today is lef-TEN-ant. Nobody knows why.

The Oxford English Dictionary says the origin of the “f” and “v” sounds “is difficult to explain,” and the Chambers Dictionary of Etymology says it “remains uncertain.” In other words, we can only guess.

The OED says one theory is that English readers misinterpreted the letter “u” as a “v,” since in Middle English the two letters were not distinct.

But Oxford says this can’t account for the “f” and “v” pronunciations since it “does not accord with the facts.”

The dictionary is apparently referring to the fact that in Middle English spelling, the letter “v” was generally used at the beginning of a word and “u” elsewhere, regardless of the sound, which accounts for old spellings like “vpon” (upon) and “loue” (love). However, the “u” is in the middle of “lieutenant,” not the beginning.

The OED suggests two possibilities to explain the appearance of the “f” and “v” sounds in “lieutenant.”

One is that that some of the “f” and “v” pronunciations “may be due to association” with the noun “leave” or the adjective “lief.”

A likelier theory is “that the labial glide at the end of Old French lieu as the first element of a compound was sometimes apprehended by English-speakers as a v or f.” (A labial glide is a transitional sound in which air is forced through the lips.)

Oxford also notes the existence of “the rare Old French form leuf for lieu,” which may have influenced the English pronunciation. (The language researcher Michael Quinion cites a medieval form of the word, leuftenant, in the records of what is now a Swiss canton.)

However it came about, the usual pronunciation in Britain today begins with “lef,” and seems unlikely to change.

As Oxford notes, John Walker in his Critical Pronouncing Dictionary (1793) gives the “actual pronunciation” of the first syllable as “lef” or “liv,” though he “expresses the hope that ‘the regular sound, lewtenant’ will in time become current.” Despite Walker’s advice, that pronunciation “is almost unknown” in Britain, the OED adds.

Noah Webster, in his American Dictionary of the English Language (1828), recommends only one pronunciation for the word, which he renders as “lutenant.”

American dictionaries have followed Webster’s lead and give loo-TEN-ant as the pronunciation, though they usually note the lef-TEN-ant pronunciation in Britain.

Finally, an aside. Another of our correspondents once suggested that the British pronunciation arose though squeamishness: “The Brits didn’t want to refer to their officers with the term ‘loo’!”

Intriguing, but untrue. The word “loo” wasn’t recorded in the bathroom sense until the 20th century. Another theory down the drain.

 

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Sorry to hear about your bad night's sleep Jer, did you eat late?

A little too late, I guess. I dreamed I was on the edge of a roof with my dad, trying to find where the varmints were getting in. Turned out the cylinder-top desk set into the eave was dried out and splintered.

 

[SteveC]

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Got up to my brother's and pull to the barn. I called out "can ya skin griz?" To which the reply came "is that you rooster?" "It's me" I replied. Brother had venison and sausage burgers grilling. I brought baked beans so we ate good this afternoon.

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Sounds like a great day buddy !

Happy Fathers Day to everyone. I hope you all had a memorable one.

We are at the halfway point on our road trip. Stopped for the night in Guthrie, OK. Found a very awesome diner and could not pass up the country fried steak. Had the K'roo for the first leg of the trip.

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Safe travels Paul !

Great pic!



Hope the drive is going well, Paul. That looks like a tasty meal!

I thought it was interesting that you stopped in Guthrie, OK. You’ll see why a bit further down in my post.



That’s what we always called it in Arkansas, too, but to be honest, you can call it either and I’d happily eat it, just as long as you didn’t put shredded cheese on top of the gravy like they did the first time I ordered it here in Minnesota.

Eleanor and I went downtown tonight and saw Into the Woods at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. It was a lot of fun, and Eleanor said that she liked it even more than the production of A Christmas Carol that we saw there in December (which was also great).

We got there a bit early and had time to walk around the outside of the theater (something we couldn’t do in December, as it was dark out even before the show started, and cold).

Unfortunately, because of the trees, you can’t really get a picture of the theater and its cantilevered “Endless Bridge” in one shot.

The theater is right next to the Washburn “A” Mill ruins and the Mill City Mueseum. I took a photo today of the old grain elevator and it’s iconic Gold Medal Flour sign, but the lighting was bad and my photo didn’t turn out very good, so instead I’ll just include these pics I that took a couple years ago when I was showing Merle around.

Anyways, we had a great time, and I managed to sneak a pic with my Albers Lambsfoot at intermission.

Great pictures Barrett !

Good morning Guardians, it looks like everyone had a good weekend, and I hope you're feeling refreshed, and ready for the week ahead. It looks like a pretty nice day outside, after the rain last night, but I think I am mainly going to be occupied indoors this week, as I have some work to do. No mention of the bus strike on the radio, (as Leeds is not London), but I'm sure it is having quite an impact. I thought I'd blow the cobwebs away with The Chieftain today! Have a great week Guardians

Chieftain is looking good !

Good morning Guardians. Another fine sunny morning but some rain chances tomorrow. We need it! Of to the dentist this afternoon to get my new crown installed. Going to Walmart for some stuff too. Expecting overnight guests today. Retired Colonel and his wife. I finally looked up why we pronounce Colonel "Kernal". If you are interested in the ranks of our armed forces and the history of them check out this site:

https://media.defense.gov/2011/Jan/11/2001330017/-1/-1/0/Why%20is%20the%20Colonel%20called%20Kernal.pdf

Got my HHB with me today.
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Nice pic Bill !

 

[Jack Black]

A little too late, I guess. I dreamed I was on the edge of a roof with my dad, trying to find where the varmints were getting in. Turned out the cylinder-top desk set into the eave was dried out and splintered.

Aha! Hopefully, you'll have a restful and varmint-free sleep tonight Jer

Chieftain is looking good !

Thanks Steve

 

[SteveC]

Morning Guardians !

Happy Juneteenth to those who celebrate


Carrying the Rodgers Lamb pen today

 

[Prester John]

That’s what we always called it in Arkansas, too, but to be honest, you can call it either and I’d happily eat it, just as long as you didn’t put shredded cheese on top of the gravy like they did the first time I ordered it here in Minnesota.

I'll eat no matter the name. Never had it with cheese, but I'd try it.

Wierdos!

Very true . Bubba that owned the place called it country . Dang sooners.

(By the way, not sure where the emojis are--I just used a colon and a capital d to make the laughing one, and it is changed into a little picture by the software.)

Mighty fine drams! Mighty fine knife too!

Thanks, Bill! Mighty fine stag HHB you've got.

 

[Jack Black]

Morning Guardians !

Happy Juneteenth to those who celebrate


Carrying the Rodgers Lamb pen today



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Happy Juneteenth Steve (I had to look that up, as I did last year) That's a really nice-looking Rodgers Lamb my friend

I'll eat no matter the name. Never had it with cheese, but I'd try it.

What about mushrooms?

(By the way, not sure where the emojis are--I just used a colon and a capital d to make the laughing one, and it is changed into a little picture by the software.)

I do that most of the time, I find it quicker I just wish they'd bring back :grumpy:

I had to go out to pick up a parcel. Called in Charlie's (again) for some mint tea Hope everyone else is having a good day

 

[Prester John]

What about mushrooms?

I do that most of the time, I find it quicker I just wish they'd bring back :grumpy:

Fer us grumpy gits.

 

[Jack Black]

Fer us grumpy gits.

 

[Prester John]

Found them!

 

[SteveC]

Happy Juneteenth Steve (I had to look that up, as I did last year) That's a really nice-looking Rodgers Lamb my friend

Thanks Jack, not sure about the plastic handles but they are functional