tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post3543988718222611575..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: Napa Happy Nappy Valley (and Dr Johnson)M.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-29470144251346293192013-12-13T13:47:37.386+00:002013-12-13T13:47:37.386+00:00The OED has also come down on Mrs M's side:
h...The OED has also come down on Mrs M's side:<br /><br /><a href="http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/recent-updates-to-the-oed/december-2013-update/new-words-katherine-martin/" rel="nofollow">http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/recent-updates-to-the-oed/december-2013-update/new-words-katherine-martin/</a>missjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743868006995532322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-5329081177257949142010-06-07T23:29:43.351+01:002010-06-07T23:29:43.351+01:00Further more...
Yes, journeys in Australia either...Further more...<br /><br />Yes, journeys in Australia either by air or by land transport are measured in time.Rob Younghttp://www.interfacepublications.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-32809975695987266022010-06-07T23:27:22.752+01:002010-06-07T23:27:22.752+01:00Dogberry: Boring fact warning.
Perth is further f...Dogberry: Boring fact warning.<br /><br />Perth is further from Melbourne (my town) than Moscow is from London. But the big difference is that there is only one city (Adelaide) between them. There is quite a bit of nothing.Rob Younghttp://www.interfacepublications.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-66844229773823135392010-06-07T16:42:49.084+01:002010-06-07T16:42:49.084+01:00Non-Londoner here. Not even slightly tempted to s...Non-Londoner here. Not even slightly tempted to skip this. Will not remember much of this. Don't care. Sheer pleasure of reading it is enough.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-24877717051428568022010-06-07T10:10:59.749+01:002010-06-07T10:10:59.749+01:00Rob, I thought everything in Australia was that fa...Rob, I thought everything in Australia was that far apart. I've never been there, but am assured that there are so many internal flights that distances are measured in flying time rather than British miles. (In Cyprus distances are measured in cigarettes, so rather than a place being ten minutes walk away, it's two).<br />Antipodean, I didn't know about the Patrick White novel. It certainly doesn't change the Happy-not-Napa point but does give an extra Australian source.<br /><br />Everything South Of The River is dodgy, I only go there in the Inky Fool tank.M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-4933539384097623872010-06-07T07:53:18.553+01:002010-06-07T07:53:18.553+01:00More homework, and Rob's got in first on the g...More homework, and Rob's got in first on the geography! <br /><br />Patrick White's first novel was called Happy Valley. I've never read it (quelle horreur) but it was set in NSW, which is a more likely area of influence for Canberran's than Adelaide. Most likely they were all (including Mr White, educated at Cambridge) influenced by the Doctor, and showing off their education. And it just sounds good. <br /><br />With regard to your now-deleted query (the feed delivered it regardless) the Napa Valley has been known in these parts for some time. An older friend of mine has a long-standing dream of visiting it one day, formed out of a youthful attachment to the idea of the region. I understand that several Americans assisted in / advised on the establishment of the Margaret River wine region, so over here in the West it was known. If you drank wine, that is, which admittedly was a more select group at that time. <br /><br />I don't know much about Wandsworth, but apparently there's a dodgy end: "At the end of the high street, Harris Street, near the Queen's Head." Dragging down the tone, I know, but it's what Shakespeare would've been writing today, I tell you. Possibly more poetically, but nevertheless. (Please note, I am in no way suggesting that Richard Curtis is Shakespeare.)The Antipodeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-52885317177089945412010-06-07T03:42:52.874+01:002010-06-07T03:42:52.874+01:00"You go from Canberra to Adelaide ..."
..."You go from Canberra to Adelaide ..."<br /><br />Yes, you can, but you have a 720 mile drive in front of you.Rob Younghttp://www.interfacepublications.com.aunoreply@blogger.com