Motoring Discussion > Dear Dierdrie	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Alastairw	Replies: 40

New Sat 14 Nov 15 11:13   Dear Dierdrie - Alastairw

Can you please çonfirm that, when I can't be bothered to park in my otherwise empty driveway it is perfectly acceptable to park half on and half off the pavement outside, leaving just too little room for a pedestrian to pass. I was shocked when a mere pedestrian had the temerity to complain! On a similar note, please also confirm it is OK to park on the double yellow lined blind bend outside the corner shop, as it is much too much effort to waddle to the designated parking area 20 yards away. So long as I put a couple of wheels on the pavement and put the hazards on this is fine isn't it? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 14 Nov 15 11:27   Dear Dierdrie - CGNorwich

Absolutely. Also acceptable to park on corners of road junctions or opposite T junctions with wheels on or off pavement. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 14 Nov 15 11:33   Dear Dierdrie - legacylad

Of course it is Alistair. You can also park on the zigzags on the Pelican crossing directly outside both the chippy & Chinese whilst you pop in and get your take away. No point in walking an extra forty feet from the car park directly opposite when is always almost empty in the evening. And if you are a farmer, no need for lights of any sort ( side, brake, indicator) on your livestock/ slurry trailer. Especially when it's dark. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 14 Nov 15 11:56   Dear Dierdrie - Old Navy

Hazard flashers are an important part of the invisibility cloaking system. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 14 Nov 15 14:03   Dear Dierdrie - Cliff Pope

Likewise there is no need to bother trying to parallel-park in the ridiculously small space allocated to your gigantic off-road cruiser. Just leave it out in the traffic stream and let everyone else try to edge round it. Hazards on of course, to indicate that these other lesser people are creating a hazard. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 14 Nov 15 15:58   Dear Dierdrie - Roger.

It's '"Deidre" (or "Deirdre" if you're after the Irish spelling). I should know - I have the Welsh model! Last edited by: Roger. on Sat 14 Nov 15 at 16:01 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 14 Nov 15 16:12   Dear Dierdrie - Bromptonaut

>> (or "Deirdre" if you're after the Irish spelling). Only Deirdre of my generation I ever met was Irish. It fell out of use in England a generation further back. Similarly, Audrey remained a popular girls name in Scotland for many years after being lost in England. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 14 Nov 15 16:17   Dear Dierdrie - CGNorwich

>> Only Deirdre of my generation I ever met was Irish. It fell out of use who can forget the Weatherfield One free Deirdre campaign.;-) i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article5006697.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Anne-Kirkbride.jpg Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 14 Nov 15 16:26   Dear Dierdrie - Armel Coussine

>> Audrey remained a popular girls name in Scotland for many years after being lost in England. I have a sort of Anglo-American half-niece by marriage called Audrey, tall pale skinny girl with dark red hair, very striking chick. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 14 Nov 15 16:55   Dear Dierdrie - Robin O'Reliant

>> >> >> Only Deirdre of my generation I ever met was Irish. It fell out of use >> in England a generation further back. Similarly, Audrey remained a popular girls name in Scotland >> for many years after being lost in England. >> >> My cousin from County Cork emigrated to Aus in 1972, his daughter born ten years later is called Deirdre. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 14 Nov 15 17:34   Dear Dierdrie - Armel Coussine

Dierdre was a very significant figure in my early life. She was a thirties bohemian who had married a civil servant, a colleague of my father, and her attitudes shocked and delighted my strait-laced but witty and slightly barmy mother. She had a hearty quarter-deck manner and addressed my father by his monosyllabic surname. She treated me well in London when I was a gormless adolescent. I must have seemed, and been, very boring and po-faced, but she tolerated me out of loyalty to my mother who had died young. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 15 Nov 15 10:58   Dear Dierdrie - Cliff Pope

I've never been struck on the name - sounds too much like Dreary. And Audrey reminds me of Thomas the Tank engine. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 15 Nov 15 22:31   Dear Dierdrie - MD

Call 'em all Darling. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 15 Nov 15 22:35   Dear Dierdrie - No FM2R

Many names that we might consider old-fashioned and thought largely English only exist here. My niece (age 5) is called Agatha, for example. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 02:44   Dear Dierdrie - Pat

My SIL was called Blanche. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 05:37   Dear Dierdrie - MD

I knew an Agnes about Forty years ago! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 08:12   Dear Dierdrie - Dog

I know an Agnes in Sunni Cornwall. She is quite saintly. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 09:20   Dear Dierdrie - NortonES2

We met a woman in County Mayo, first name Attracta. Married a Boyle. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 09:50   Dear Dierdrie - Dog

Didn't they a son named Lance, Alexander? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 11:15   Dear Dierdrie - CGNorwich

When my daughter was at primary school she had a friend called Victoria Sponge. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 12:52   Dear Dierdrie - VxFan

I bet she grew up to be quite tasty. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 12:55   Dear Dierdrie - No FM2R

At least she wasn't a tart like some others in her school. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 12:55   Dear Dierdrie - Ted

My lovely young neighbours have called their two little grls Sylvia and Ada. Friends have a grandson called Elvis......I wonder where that came from ! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 13:07   Dear Dierdrie - VxFan

And who hasn't known (indirectly or directly) someone called Teresa Green? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 13:34   Dear Dierdrie - Bromptonaut

Surprising number of Welshmen named John Thomas. And Mrs B and I have known two different blokes called Michael Hunt. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 13:43   Dear Dierdrie - Dog

Back in the 1970's I used to work with a Giza whose name was Dick Hares. Course, back then I was thick (ficker than I is now) and didn't see the difference between hares and hairs :o) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 14:26   Dear Dierdrie - bathtub tom

I met a guy called Albert Hall. Nothing regal about him! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 19:28   Dear Dierdrie - Zero

>> When my daughter was at primary school she had a friend called Victoria Sponge. My wife nursed a girl call Theresa Green. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 22:03   Dear Dierdrie - T junction

Had a customer in the Liverpool area called Joe King. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 22:37   Dear Dierdrie - neiltoo

Many years ago, a colleague called Hubble called his first daughter Amy, and very nearly got away with calling his second Comfort. Another, called Vere, named his son Percy. And I had another colleague called Dick Hole. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 16 Nov 15 22:56   Dear Dierdrie - bathtub tom

Reminds me of an ex-colleague - R Mole. Then there's the Souls of Olney company. Once run By Richard IIRC - R Soul. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 17 Nov 15 06:35   Dear Dierdrie - hjd

My father was at school with a girl called Violet Balls. A neighbour years ago was called Morgan Morgan (known to all as Morgan the Organ) - and we did not live in Wales. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 17 Nov 15 06:53   Dear Dierdrie - WillDeBeest

My dad came home from work delighted that his officemate John Prout had fathered a son... ...and less impressed that he'd named him Russell. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 17 Nov 15 10:32   Dear Dierdrie - VxFan

This one still makes me laugh. Shown on "The Chase". In what sport does Fanny Chmelar compete for Germany. www.youtube.com/watch?v=teNgQTrv6pE Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 17 Nov 15 10:33   Dear Dierdrie - Robin O'Reliant

Could be worse, imagine being a Geldof offspring. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 18 Nov 15 03:56   Dear Dierdrie - Auntie Lockbrakes

Hey Bathtub - that was my Father's name! Who was your mutual employer? Small world etc etc... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 17 Nov 15 11:22   Dear Dierdrie - Roger.

The spelling of Deidre, or Deirdre, breaks the rule of "i before e, except after c". My OH gets irate when her name is spelt Diedre! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 17 Nov 15 11:54   Dear Dierdrie - Cliff Pope

>> The spelling of Deidre, or Deirdre, breaks the rule of "i before e, except after >> c". I thought the rule was only meant to apply for words with an "ee" sound, as in receive? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 17 Nov 15 12:24   Dear Dierdrie - CGNorwich

"I thought the rule was only meant to apply for words with an "ee" sound, as in receive?" seize? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 17 Nov 15 12:42   Dear Dierdrie - Cliff Pope

That's the exception. Every good rule should have one. :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 17 Nov 15 12:49   Dear Dierdrie - NortonES2

Wouldn't worry too much about rules in English. This is how it looks in the original script: ᚛ᚇᚓᚔᚏᚇᚏᚓ᚜ Last edited by: NortonES2 on Tue 17 Nov 15 at 12:51 Reply to this message | Report message