Or the last one. Feudalism died last Wednesday (link). The tie-in to linguaphiles, the inhabitants of the various islands have traditional animal nicknames: Guernsey les ânes 'donkeys' in French and Jèrriais, Jersey crapauds 'toads' in French and Jèrriais, Sark corbins 'crows' in Sercquiais, Dgèrnésiais and Jèrriais, and Alderney lapins 'rabbits' in French.

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Or the last one. Feudalism died last Wednesday (link).

Except in the case of certain Middle Eastern countries - except they pretend they are democracies!

Most historians confine feudalism to a European context.

Interesting, z.

I remember Guernsey cows from my childhood on a farm.

I remember the Channel Islands - Guernsey, Jersey, Underwear and Sock.

As I rowed ashore from me schooner close by,
A girl on the beach I did chance to espy.
Her hair it was red and her bonnet was blue And her place of abode was in Harbour LeCou.

Now, boldly I asked her to walk on the strand.
She smiled like an angel and held out her hand.
So, I buttoned me guernsey and hove 'way me chew
In the dark rolling waters of Harbour LeCou.

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These first two verses of a traditional Newfoundland folksong have always had me wondering if a guernsey has BUTTONS. A quick internet search suggests that it has not! By the way,the story in the song quickly deteriorates and a bad time is had by all.

This version says ...

"Boldly I asked her to walk on the sand.

She smiled like an angel and held out her hand;

I tucked in my jersey and hove 'way me chew,

In the dark flowing waters of Harbour Le Cou."

... so it doesn't matter whether or not a guernsey has buttons. Moot.

I seem to recall that the difference between a guernsey and a jersey is where the elasticated part of the sleeve is. A jersey has it at the bottom end, near the wrists and a guernsey has it higher, above the elbow.

Now that was a new weird twist on my computer problems. I couldn't see this with the usual symptoms, and clicking on Log In didn't help at all. As I was about to log off I had one last go and lo and behold here I am.

Nothing to say on the main question, just wondered if anyone else (arnie or zm maybe) thinks that this smacks of a timing problem with the ISP software.

And experimenting has reproduced the effect with multiple attempts to click on the logon finally got me in.

Interesting, huh?

I am beginning to feel like this is Groundhog's Day here on Wordcraft.

I have to say, seeing this revived thread "another one bites the dust" was a bit disconcerting...having lost Jerry recently. [I am sure he'd appreciate the irony.]