tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7712476620044007466..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Ferry 'Cross the MerseyAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-85535172567907078742022-11-27T00:38:08.099-05:002022-11-27T00:38:08.099-05:00Or "nesctalgia," pronounced "neshta...Or "nesctalgia," pronounced "neshtalgia."Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-32413124628964739532022-11-26T21:54:27.895-05:002022-11-26T21:54:27.895-05:00Yes!!!
"The English language needs a word who...Yes!!!<br />"The English language needs a word whose definition would be “nostalgia for that which one has not experienced.” How about Nescientalgia? OK, no. I'll keep working on it though.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04101033788793466144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-42036404695423899492022-11-26T19:18:50.751-05:002022-11-26T19:18:50.751-05:00In England, the places in the north generally have...In England, the places in the north generally have a bit of a chip on their shoulder compared to the wealthier, more stylish southern places. Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-43515337033444760672022-11-26T18:27:49.231-05:002022-11-26T18:27:49.231-05:00Many southern states, I think. Alaskans. Texans. N...Many southern states, I think. Alaskans. Texans. NH and VT were until about my childhood.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-9901290706817638352022-11-26T18:16:48.253-05:002022-11-26T18:16:48.253-05:00Liverpudlians are able to feel patriotic about Liv...Liverpudlians are able to feel patriotic about Liverpool. Do we have anything like that here in America? Are people deeply attached to a specific locale?G. Poulinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293368745484671254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-68882834611274868232022-11-26T11:08:26.567-05:002022-11-26T11:08:26.567-05:00"The English language needs a word whose defi...<a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/2012/10/tt-when-radio-wasnt.html" rel="nofollow">"The English language needs a word whose definition would be 'nostalgia for that which one has not experienced.' "</a>jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-35160560208639326092022-11-26T09:19:55.385-05:002022-11-26T09:19:55.385-05:00California. There was a collection, probably desi...California. There was a collection, probably designed to be used all over the country; western songs and Erie Canal and so on.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-13896794727091536162022-11-26T01:25:59.721-05:002022-11-26T01:25:59.721-05:00We did not sing "Dixie," that i remember...We did not sing "Dixie," that i remember, but i knew it in 6th grade, so who knows? And "Shenandoah," "Red River Valley," yes, I admit I had not thought of the folk songs. "The sun shines bright, on my old Kentucky home..." Anything that was considered general American might qualify, even "Pat works on the railway." Plus the English and further British folksongs now that I think about it, because they were ours by history. Ancestors had lived there. In a mill city this was often not very true, but because we were their cultural descendants, that's what we celebrated. I had forgotten all this when I made my statement, thinking only about what we would have sung about current places. Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-45537573882796727842022-11-25T23:47:09.741-05:002022-11-25T23:47:09.741-05:00You sang “Dixie” in music class, but weren’t in th...You sang “Dixie” in music class, but weren’t in the South? Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-56411725716638607602022-11-25T22:25:09.178-05:002022-11-25T22:25:09.178-05:00True, but we sang them in music class anyway: Dix...True, but we sang them in music class anyway: Dixie, Shenandoah ... I don't remember any about Ireland, but I'd bet they were there in more heavily Irish states.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com