bert & bob,

its our eng. lang spellings that are barmy. just like our weather. yesterday i was at cleckheaton ff[yorks] enjoying the warm,sunny, BALMY day, twanging, squeezing & singing with some chums. today the weather's gone back to being BARMY again, cold 'n pissing down!

btw, as well as being a term for sandwich, 'butty' also means 'friend', chum, or mate in south wales.