"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> Ophelia wrote:
>> Bruce wrote:
>>
>>> I'm living in Orkney but not an native-born Orcadian <g>
>>> And if I used the vernacular of the village in which I was raised 50
>>> years ago I'd probably say something like "Eeh bah gum lad, yon's reet
>>> grand tha' knows"
>>
>> O waves to Bruce from Glasgow)))
>>
>> I am a transplant too from Yorkshire)
>
> Hello O
> Although we lived in the White Rose county for years (Scarborough) I was
> brought up in the Derbyshire Peak District.

Oh well, that is a beautiful area too) I have had many a happy holiday
there eating Bakewell tart))))