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Ok, you're coming to the pub with me & .Dave to celebrate his genius, but
I reckon we'll have a few pints on your's too. I'm in a Jade Goody-ness stupor/awe at both your language & poetic capabilities, how do ye fit it in ye're heads?
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on February 13, 2007 at 10:23 AM
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Thanks for your interest in the town 'in which I live in' to adapt a phrase
from Mr McCartney. Didsbury is nowt to do with Doddy, Mneme, the Diddymen came from Knotty Ash in Liverpool. Funny what memories the name triggered! Yes, ST, Morrissey hails from Stretford, very near where I live. He used to specialise in naming parts of Manchester in his earlier songs, so it's a fine old tradition.
posted by
Antonionioni
on February 13, 2007 at 10:04 AM
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I like this very much. .
I agree that the names of the towns sound charming to a Westerner (joke
). And this lifelong Smiths fan cannot forget that they built Morrissey in Manchester.
posted by
stbond
on February 13, 2007 at 6:02 AM
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Tonyzonit
Nice touch of nostalgia.... I know what a scouser is, and a mancunian... it's nice to hear of good old Didsbury again but I can't think why - was it something to do with Ken Dodd? - or was that just the diddy-men?
posted by
mneme
on February 13, 2007 at 3:20 AM
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Excellent Sonnet made from the soft and loud dwellings and moving sounds of your home and great city Manchester, thank you for posting Tony, I really enjoyed
posted by
lionladroar
on February 13, 2007 at 3:15 AM
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Another great topic for sonnetifying.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on February 13, 2007 at 1:25 AM
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Thanks PF - yes, that's right - je suis anglais.
posted by
Antonionioni
on February 12, 2007 at 11:57 PM
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Is there a town in Maine called Bosnia-Herzegovina, Fourcats?
posted by
Antonionioni
on February 12, 2007 at 11:57 PM
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Thanks Afzal - ho ho ho!
posted by
Antonionioni
on February 12, 2007 at 11:56 PM
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Cleverly done...
Didn't realize you were English.
posted by
Passionflower
on February 12, 2007 at 9:47 PM
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i grew up in the state of maine where you'll find the towns of denmark,
paris, norway, sweden, poland and mexico, to name a few.
posted by
fourcats
on February 12, 2007 at 8:07 PM
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You are always so jollly .
posted by
afzal50
on February 12, 2007 at 5:13 PM
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Thanks guys!
I must admit, this one is written with a local audience in mind. It will probably baffle most people reading it on Blogit! Those place names are now all parts of urban Manchester, Troosha, but you're right, they do sound quaint. Even what are now parts of cities were once just little villages all by themselves. Moss Side sounds nice, doesn't it, but it isn't. It's the gun crime capital of Manchester, the equivalent of the not so nice parts of Brooklyn i guess, though it doesn't have high rise dwellings, which at least is a good thing.
posted by
Antonionioni
on February 12, 2007 at 3:50 PM
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Very nice!!!!
posted by
Shams-i-Heartsong
on February 12, 2007 at 3:28 PM
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Tony
Then names of English towns/cities in themselves sound so romantic and charming. Oh to tour your country side one day….. I’m spending a whole day and a half in London in May (on my way back from Greece). Not nearly as charming, I know, but it will be nice for us Canadians to see the historical sights.
posted by
Troosha
on February 12, 2007 at 1:56 PM
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Interesting.....
posted by
sailheat
on February 12, 2007 at 12:07 PM
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