Note: Apologies for the radio silence but it has been an odd couple of weeks. I have been keeping notes; I just haven’t got around to adding them to the blog. To help me keep track I will be back-dating the posts, so the previous few and next several posts will catch me up to date.
This joke has been making the rounds recently on social media, and while I do think it’s a cute joke, what has really tickled me is that Scots don’t get it. Me included.
The English get it, usually right away. I’m not sure if Americans would – I think they have an even different word than the Scots and the English. I’m pretty sure Canadians use the same word as the Scots, but that could just be because I’ve only ever used the one word.
The joke is this picture with the caption: I ran into Neil Diamond in Tesco this morning.
Answer in the Comments.
I did not understand what a turnip, some carrots, and a bag of limes had to do with Neil Diamond.
Nor did any of the Scots on social media. But once you realise that the English call a turnip a ‘swede’, it makes sense. As I said, not so sure about the Americans because I’m pretty sure they call a turnip a ‘rutabaga’. But to the English:
Swede-carrot-lime . . . bah-bah-bah . . . .
As an Aussie I got it …. I guess we still have more Pommy influence than we like to admit!
Given I do wordle every day and am at 98% success rate, I thought I would give it a go before going to look at the answer. I am currently sitting at 0% success rate…..
This was funny Elaine!