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Lyn Greenaway Posts: 2443 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 08:13 on 2nd June 2008 Lovely pic Jo!
Jo Adams Posts: 231 Joined: 23rd Sep 2006 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 14:41 on 2nd June 2008 Poor Ruth - still waiting for Peter to rise and give you your answer. A humbug is a strong chewy minty sweet - don't forget we're still talking about a spoonerism!.
Denzil Tregallion Posts: 1220 Joined: 26th May 2008 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 16:26 on 2nd June 2008 Whats a bumhug then Jo Mrs. Tregallion says she knows but she wont tell me thats a sweet I think sunglases on this one look
Ruth Gregory Posts: 1473 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 06:09 on 3rd June 2008 On 1st June 2008 19:13, Jo Adams wrote: Seems like we all got sidetracked here. About spoonerisms - when my daughter was about eight years old a neighbour gave her a bag of humbugs. She came back home but humbugs was not the word she used! Hi Jo: What was the word your daughter used? The strong, chewy, minty sweet - would that be kind of like salt water taffy? Don't know if you have that over there. They sell it in shore towns, so I'd imagine if they have it over there, Cornwall would be one of the places it's available.
Denzil Tregallion Posts: 1220 Joined: 26th May 2008 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 07:06 on 3rd June 2008 Thats a welsh fish Ruth
Ruth Gregory Posts: 1473 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 07:16 on 3rd June 2008 Get outa here!!!! Seriously???? I'm gonna check with Peter on that one. Peter, honey, that true?
Lyn Greenaway Posts: 2443 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 07:39 on 3rd June 2008 LOL @ Ruth!
Peter Evans Posts: 1724 Joined: 20th Aug 2006 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 13:41 on 3rd June 2008 Sorry i wasnt on yesterday. I was really bussy. Ruth, ahumbug is a sweet that tastes like cough medecine. Loved them when I was a kid but not now. I think Denzil is getting confused with salt fish. Filleted cod, dried in salt. You have to soak it over night to get rid of the salt and soften it up. Otherwise its like a plank of wood. But when cooked propper, it tastes fatastic.
Peter Evans Posts: 1724 Joined: 20th Aug 2006 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 13:43 on 3rd June 2008 In Wales it is known as taw rag. Pronounced toe
Peter Evans Posts: 1724 Joined: 20th Aug 2006 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 13:49 on 3rd June 2008 By the way Ruth G, in England welshmen are known as Taffies. Most of my working life, I was called taffy.