2009 Rumours

[Steve Wilkinson]

Originally Posted by iranoff

Nice to see you making as much sense as usual. You have obviously been spending too much time with the Head Gardener.


Iranoff

That's what comes of fossicking around in hedgerows and drinking silage!

[FLoads]

I think 'think' was missing - apart from part of my brain !!!
Is fossicking the same as having a brevet ?

[Steve Wilkinson]

Originally Posted by FLoads

Is fossicking the same as having a brevet ?

If you mean as in ..........

brevet noun a musical note equivalent to quarter a whole note or semibreve.

............... then no.

[iranoff]

Originally Posted by Steve Wilkinson

That's what comes of fossicking around in hedgerows

I have fossicked for opal in Coober Pedy Australia.

Fossicking is described in Wikipedia as a term found in Cornwall and Australia referring to prospecting. This can be for gold, precious stones, fossils, etc. by sifting through a prospective area. In Australian English, the term has an extended use meaning to "rummage".

The term has been argued to come from Cornish.

To brevet around (pronounced bruvit) was a phrase used in my family and I guess was picked up when they lived near Richmond in Yorkshire for a time.



Iranoff

[T.E.Crump]

Could there have been a Formation of Fossickers in the Bromyard area on Sunday evening?

[FLoads]

The Gardener uses the term when going to have a look at something.

[superstar]

Originally Posted by iranoff

I am close to confirming that one as fact. She was only the Sheriff's daughter but she knew how to tame a Jedi..

Iranoff

You are up a gum tree there "Iran"

[Hasta]

Originally Posted by iranoff

I have fossicked for opal in Coober Pedy Australia.



Iranoff

I think you have been associating with Floads for far too long . Sad



Hasta