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Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Options #77213 - 07/29/02 05:18 PM neap wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 My dictionary lists "neap" as an adjective. Only usage I have ever seen is "neap tide". I challenge the board to find its use any other way. (I cannot.) Don't tell me it takes a neap of living to make a house a home. Top #77214 - 07/29/02 05:37 PM Re: neap tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass The height between high-water mark at neap tide and mean low-water mark at spring tide is called the neap rise. [Encycl. Brit., 1888] Top #77215 - 07/29/02 05:38 PM Re: neap wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 OK. For a possible example: neap flush - the result of putting two bricks into WC storage tank. Formerly recommended to conserve water. Top #77216 - 07/30/02 08:13 AM neaps and tatties AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York ...often served with haggis. Top #77217 - 07/30/02 08:18 AM Re: neaps and tatties wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Speaking of ;haggis, I read yesterday it did not originate in Scotland, but in England. I'll have to find t;hat reference again. http://www.tower.org/kitchen/recipes/dinner/haggis.html Top #77218 - 07/30/02 10:27 AM Re: neap of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park isn't there a Monty Python skit with Neap? Neap, Neap, Neap? where they say Neap, as has been suggested that "rhubard" , is sometimes used.. a background word to suggest conversation. _________________________ my other obsession Top #77219 - 07/30/02 10:35 AM Re: neap Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7185 Loc: Vermont in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. unfortunately, it's the Knights who say "Ni". http://www.intriguing.com/mp/ actually, this one is better: http://graphicszone.net/monty_python/scripts/Holy_Grail/Scene12.htm _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #77220 - 07/30/02 07:04 PM Re: neaps and tatties FishonaBike veteran Registered: 10/11/00 Posts: 1346 Loc: Sussex, England Speaking of haggis, I read yesterday it did not originate in Scotland, but in England Ah, but no oatmeal in this recipe, Bill. Vital ingredient, methinks! The closest current English equivalent to haggis is faggots, but it's a way off, albeit yummy. Neaps = carrot & swede, eh, Auntie? I could handle being a Scot! Top #77221 - 07/30/02 08:13 PM Re: neaps and tatties AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York Neaps = carrot & swede, eh, Auntie? Dunno, Fiskling.... allus thought it was taters & swede (turnip to USns) but. Top #77222 - 07/31/02 09:25 AM Re: neaps and tatties FishonaBike veteran Registered: 10/11/00 Posts: 1346 Loc: Sussex, England allus thought it was taters & swede McAuntie, I was just thinking you may as well call neaps and tatties "swede and double tatties" if that were the case, then checked out this site: http://www.hwatson.force9.co.uk/cookbook/menus/burns.htm So basically neaps are (mashed) turneaps = turnips = swede[ish turnip], and nothing more. Funny, I was almost sure there was more to them than that, and should know really, as my best mate is a Scot. 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