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    Default Re: Cool sounding place names

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    I have a route66 pastiche by sid kipper - may be the one you are thinking of?
    Mr Simon aquired Scarborough Fair from Martin McCarthy, he did not write it himself http://www.answers.com/topic/martin-...=entertainment
    Thanks for the heads up on sid kipper - made up name!
    By the way, whilst I'm sure I understand the meaning of "heads up"
    anyone have the etymology on it?

    I actually knew the provenance of "Scarborough Fair"...and I don't believe that I said than Paul Simon wrote it.

    Here's a link you might enjoy, Steve.http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/your/extra/fond1.shtml
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    Steve, I just did a google search after my last post,
    guess what? you're nearly famous. Top of the listings!
    I had a strange feeling of deja vu!
    Saludos,
    Bob.
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    Ha

    yep - I was just making the point re Scarborough fair - words have been exchanged that are not appropriate here as you will know then - I felt certain you would

    nice link - sid's pastiche 'jack onion' is a classic - especially the version with the lead-in patter

    always thought 'heads up' would be as in what animals do when they catch sight/wind/scent of something, but no evidence for this
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    Quote Originally Posted by iamtheblues View Post
    By the way, whilst I'm sure I understand the meaning of "heads up"
    anyone have the etymology on it?
    I've always understood it as an 'early/advanced warning/information '

    Wiki says
    heads up
    (idiomatic) Used as an informal warning, caution, or call for attention; pay attention!

    But SteveJ's understanding makes sense to me too.

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    I thought meerkats when I first came across the expression.
    Saludos,
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    yes good example
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    Steve, I nearly missed your links further up the page.
    I wouldn't say Wetwang was cool, it has smutty connotations,
    so I'm told.
    I was disappointed reading about Thwing that it wasn't pronounced
    as written ie: "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that thwing".
    Nice links.
    Saludos,
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    guess that rules out Hampton Court then?
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    Hampton Court?.....
    Hampton Court?.....
    .....oh, yes, I get it now.
    It's a bit like The Goon's roving reporter Hugh Jampton.
    How the BBC let that one slip through the net is a mystery.
    Saludos,
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    Round the Horne
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