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Harry Sword retweeted
A wholesome pub conversation in the old #fen accent.
The Fen accent is a distinct regional variety of East Anglian English spoken in the marshlands and flatlands of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Lincolnshire. It developed from a mix of Northern and Southern English dialects, old Norse, and Dutch influences, shaped heavily by the historic isolation of the Fenland communities.
They don't make them like they used to.. 🍻
Harry Sword retweeted
I often hear that traditional German cuisine is dying out. Being a historian, I feel it's my responsibility to help preserve the country's cultural heritage as best I can...
Harry Sword retweeted
The new powers of the Mate Mate State empowered by a generation of nasty thickos using AI is going to unleash cultural revolution levels of petty malovelence
From today, police, councils, social landlords and transport networks can apply to a court for a Respect Order, which can also include drug or alcohol rehabilitation, curfews or unpaid community work
They will be logged on the Police National Computer so officers can identify breaches and make arrests
As breaching an Order will be a criminal offence, the Government says they will only apply to adults to avoid giving children criminal records unnecessarily
Harry Sword retweeted
Anything can happen when no one can share news of what's happening. And anything can be said about it later.
Just in: France's Prime Minister asked telecom companies to prepare to block social media platforms. "I wish to have the ability to temporarily suspend access to these services in case of a repeat of urban violence," he wrote. @blast news broke the story.
Harry Sword retweeted
‘If you're going to use butter then use it. Don't play with it. It's not a toy.’
Harry Sword retweeted
This is actually a condescending view of working-class people. I grew up in a working-class immigrant family and we ate at Red Lobster and The Cheesecake Factory for "fancy nights out." But even we understood that the White House should not look like the inside of a Red Lobster. Working-class people are not culturally illiterate just because their experiences are shaped by their limited means.
Budgens is the invisible supermarket. They don’t even need to advertise it. They know how good they are. It’s unbelievable. Go.
Every year the same. Clocks go back - *time itself* manipulated- ‘for farmer’. And every year the farmer next door stays in bed. Luxuriating in slumber; delighting in nod; feasting on lethargy. His fields? Fallow. His livestock unattended; his fine machines rusting. RISE MAN! Sew, gather *make hay*
Harry Sword retweeted
I want a disheveled Gary Oldman delivering one of his beloved Beckett monologues (with a theme tune sung by Mick Jagger doing the world’s worst Mick Jagger impression) and occasionally firing Chekhov’s pistol at Hugo Weaving while swearing in a performatively off-the-cuff way.
Seriously Partridge night last night. Drove my eldest to a party in Diss. No point driving back home as over an hour away and by the time I get back I’d need to turn around. Solitary curry. sheer 1987 in every regard. Lamb tikka vindaloo; saag; keema naan. Only customer. Sideways rain
Harry Sword retweeted
Another East German classic for dinner last night: Karlsbader Schnitte.
Toast with tomato paste, ham, sliced gherkins and cheese. Then Worcester Sauce (versions of which were produced in the GDR) on top. Washed down with "Grüne Wiese" (Green Meadow): Blue Curacao & orange juice.
