User talk:ChrisRed

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Oh, yeah, see also Portal:Trains, Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains Dunc|☺ 20:55, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Lynott Talk

Just got your message Chris, no problem, I guessed it was accidental. Cheers. --Meiers Twins 11:25, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

>> I have just edited a message into the page about Ron Healey... Paddy Oates, Canberra. ACT, Auz <<<

[edit] Grayrigg reply

I was simply avoiding speculating that the train had come off on the facing points, although I agree that it much more likely than on the trailing points. The Lambrigg Ground Frame has both facing and trailing points (facing ones are the southernmost). -- MightyWarrior 13:14, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stretcher bars

I think you're right regarding changing it from four to three stretcher bars but as I've noted on the talk page, the report isn't entirely clear. Regards. Adambro 09:34, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] British English

Hmmm... I haven't looked at the article since I restored that big chunk JackLumber unwisely deleted, but I have to agree with him about the claim that modern British English is closer to some original dialect than other world Englishes are. When dialects evolve, they change piecewise. So, British English might be more conservative when it comes to, say differentiating between merry, marry, and Mary...but American English is more conservative when it comes to pronouncing the 'r' at the ends of words. And in any case, as you point out, there is more than one dialect of British English. I suspect that modern dialect that's closest to "typical" 17th century British English is probably some part of Northumbria or maybe even Scotland! I once heard that Shakespeare wouldn't understand the English spoken in today's Chicago or London, but would feel right at home in Edinborough. :) Aelffin 14:09, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gold dust!!!!!

Get yourself a coffee and a comfy chair before you open this link re autocoaches, push-pull trains, etc:
http://www.igg.org.uk/gansg/00-app3-4/ap3-pp.htm

Happy reading... EdJogg 09:35, 2 November 2007 (UTC)