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Re: Nicholas' Hens?

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lapsedcatApr 17, 2008
 

 
I still struggle to imagine how someone like Nicholas Parsons managed
to emerge emotionally and physically unscathed from a rough
Glaswegian shipyard.


--- In just-a-minute@..., "kjnaughton" <naughtonk@...>
wrote:

>
> --- In just-a-minute@..., "lapsedcat" <lapsedcat@>

wrote:

> >
> > "Hen" is a Scottish term of endearment, generally directed

towards

> > the female population. I suppose it is similar to the

American "hon'"

> > or the English "luv" or "duck" (the latter very popular in the

East

> > Midlands particularly). Nicholas, as you know, is always banging

on

> > about his Celtic roots and spares no opportunity to effect a
> > Glaswegian accent, so naturally he insisted on addressing Godley
> > as "hen".
>
> Nicholas spent some considerable time in Glasgow around the time of
> WW2, working in a ship's engine manufacturer, then going to Glasgow
> University and latterly working in rep in Glasgow theatres.
>
> He therefore probably has an excuse for using Scottish accents and

words.

>
> HTH
>
> kJ
>

 
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