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Landing
Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:31:24 +0100
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linedancer...
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Just been vaccing the landing, I wondered to myself whether it was a
Yorkshire expression.
Ponder...
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No, it's not a local thing... it's like the helicopter that crashed into
the roof of a house not too far away from here a few years ago. They blamed
the householder because he left the landing light on ;)
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It is in the dictionary :the floor area at the top of the stairs.
Rabbit...
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I haven't heard *landing* used here for years but it was in common use at
Jackie...
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I can remember it was used when I was young!!
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linedancer...
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That's right, it is an old expression, I don't know why I found myself
saying it, I usually say top of the stairs ;-)
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one time.
David C....
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Landing = top of stairs, or intermediate stop, here in 't south.
Gareth...
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You mean us lot in the *Arc Manche* region? :/
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Michaelangelo...
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Same here in Edinburgh. That'll be useful for you to know when you're
house-hunting up here :)
David C...
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I couldnae afford Edinburgh!
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Frederick Williams...
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What is used instead? Surely "landing" comes from "land" as in what is
under our feet, and as such is not a rare word.
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Tyke...
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We would have used the word frequently in the UK ,but not here as we are in
a bungalow ;-)
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Just thinking silly thoughts aloud to myself while doing the housework as
you do LOL
Does anyone else talk to themself or is it just me ?
MCC...
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Landing for top of the stairs and half-landing for a turn in the stairs are
in common use in Orkney
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Gareth...
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My grandmother who came from Bedfordshire would always use the word
*soodle* but you can't find it in many dictionaries.
She would quite often *soodle to the village shop*
Jackie...
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Never heard that one Gareth
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JoeH...
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I got up this morning and there were 2 aeroplanes at the top of the stairs.
Apparently I had left the landing light on ;-)
linedancer...
Rabbit...
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My granny used to tell me that joke ;-)
David C....
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So, please remind me, when did they invent the airplane?
Ali...
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1874, Ryedale, Yorkshire, England.
The Wright brothers re-invented it some thirty years later.
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Rabbit...
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OI!!! I read a veiled insult there :-P
There were airplanes in my granny's day, they used to land at Prestwick
Aerodrome ( not airport) and the runway went over the main road.
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JoeH...
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Sandra's granny may have been way ahead of her time.;-)
Rabbit...
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You're as bad as David C :-P
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Tyke...
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The voices in my head keep me busy ;-)
Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...
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Do they have a Yorkshire accent? :)
Tyke...
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