On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 11:59 +0200, John Hughes wrote:
> On 30/07/2021 09:39, Rowland Penny via Dng wrote:
> > No, Chaucer == Old English
> > There is no one in England that speaks Old English in normal life
> >
> > You are quite right though, the only real English is from England,
> > the
> > rest are derivatives.
> >
> Really? Where in England?
>
> What does this phrase mean:
>

>      Wait while lights flash.

>
> In most of the country it means "wait here if the lights are
> flashing".
> In Yorkshire (England) it can mean "wait here until the lights
> flash".

Well yes, but then people from yorkshire can be a bit retarded :-D

>
> Are these English:
>

>      "Is Jimmy laking out today?"

No, Jimmy cannot play today

>

>      "Tha thee-tha's them that thee-tha's thee".

>
> ?

Sithee lad, that's a lot of 'the'

Rowland