Early notice - EuroGathering 2005

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: mooman
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 05:25 AM

Dear Friends,

I suggest moving discussion to the new "countdown" thread:

Over here

Peace

Richard

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 04:54 AM

To the former: Undoubtedly!
To the latter: Not necessarily!

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: CET
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 08:02 PM

Why? Because this looks like being a hell of a good time, and the more people that show up, the better it will be.

Edmund

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Feb 05 - 06:55 AM

Why?

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: JeZeBeL
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 02:51 PM

Refresh refresh refresh refresh refresh refresh......


Need lots of people to come!!!

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: JeZeBeL
Date: 22 Feb 05 - 05:44 AM

Sorry....It's my fault for talking frog in the first place, got everyoen going now.....I'll practice by talking to myself at work, they already think I'm wierd anyway so it won't make any difference.

Just waiting for confirmation of my holiday booking off at work!!

Not drove to France all alone before, had company last time, so if anyone wants to join me I'd be grateful of the company..... :0(

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 22 Feb 05 - 05:42 AM

Quelle fromage.
G

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: MudGuard
Date: 22 Feb 05 - 05:03 AM

Shouldn't that be "Je vinaigrette rien"?

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Wilfried Schaum
Date: 22 Feb 05 - 04:58 AM

My German keyboard hasn't the çedille either, so I use the Netscape composer inserting the special sign ç, the copy and paste. I'm a tricky one, ain't I?
And I terribly regret having stolen your 100. (In French: Je ne regrette rien ... - fine song)

Paix
Wilfried

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: mooman
Date: 22 Feb 05 - 03:37 AM

...and, going againsy myself, you are correct concerning "francais" (excuse the lack of accents on my Anglo-Saxon keyboard)!

Richard

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: mooman
Date: 22 Feb 05 - 03:35 AM

Wilfried! You stole my 100!

Richard

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: mooman
Date: 22 Feb 05 - 03:34 AM

This is Eurogathering thread not French spelling thread!

100! (;>)

Richard

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Wilfried Schaum
Date: 22 Feb 05 - 03:33 AM

Mais on ne parle pas française, on parle français (mon dictionnaire français-allemand de la Maison Langenscheidt: parler français à q.)

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: MudGuard
Date: 22 Feb 05 - 03:18 AM

Le mot
"abréviation" est un abréviation parce que c'est plus bref que
"abbreviation" ;-)

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Snuffy
Date: 21 Feb 05 - 07:31 PM

Pourquoi est ce qu' abréviation est un mot très long?

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: MudGuard
Date: 21 Feb 05 - 02:31 PM

Pas de problème!

I mixed up English and French in that post myself (at least I can claim that both are foreign languages ...):
French: "abréviation", English "abbreviation" ...

There might be some ´ and ` and ^ missing in the French part as well ...

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: JeZeBeL
Date: 21 Feb 05 - 11:59 AM

LOL, thanks mudgaurd.

This is half my problem, I'm fluent speaking but my written is a little rusty at the moment.

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: MudGuard
Date: 21 Feb 05 - 10:32 AM

C'est la (où ma) française parce'que c'est l'abbreviation pour la langue française - langue est feminine!
Il n'est pas important si tu es feminine ...

(digging deep into my brain to find a few rests of my French ...)

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: JeZeBeL
Date: 21 Feb 05 - 10:07 AM

Non, c'est francaise parce que je suis feminine. Je ne suis pas un homme

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Wilfried Schaum
Date: 21 Feb 05 - 09:07 AM

mon francais
la petite - just for la practice

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: JeZeBeL
Date: 21 Feb 05 - 09:02 AM

Merci beaucoup
Mooman, je doit practiquer mon francaise encore pour le petit vacance en france en Avril!

Look forward to seeing you all again, I've missed you all loads!!

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: mooman
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 08:04 PM

Jez,

You're very welcome and it'll be good to see you again! I don't think there are any other bodhran players coming but if there are we can always put you in a punt of your own on Le Canal en Mai trip! (;>)

A place has duly been reserved for you and another one for your tent!

Veuillez continuer ecrire en francais si ca c'est ton plaisir!

Peace

moo (Richard)

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: JeZeBeL
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 06:34 PM

It's not a typo CET, it was a mick take from Hull nine, which is a postal code for an area of Hull.

Niort is just plain Niort I'm afraid. :(

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: CET
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 06:21 PM

This is looking good! Does the "9" mean there are 8 other Niorts? And if there are 9 Hulls, which one is home to John from Hull? (Or is Niort9 a typo that's only showing up on my computer?)

Edmund

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: JeZeBeL
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 01:30 PM

JE suis desolee Giok, nous ne sommes pas etres tout parfait!!

Le bodhran viendre avec moi!!! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.....c'est finale!!!


:0P

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: JeZeBeL
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 01:26 PM

Sorry, I'm a cocky bugger, shall I do that again.......English this time I promise.

I would like to reserve a place for me and my tent for the weekend 29/04/05 to 02/05/05, if it is possible.

I visited the P and O website on the internet and it will be only £80 on the ferry for me and my car!!!

I play the bodhran, is that a problem?


Lol, sorry...jumping at the chance to pop over to france!!! I miss the place terribly.

If anyone does want to join me on the lonely journey it is not a problem. The ferry price may go up a little bit, but not too much hopefully.

EtV, you said you were having problems getting there? Jump in with me if you like?

S'up to you anyhoo. I really am definately coming this year. Just booked the time off work!!!!

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 01:14 PM

Moi j'aime aussi les grenouille, avec frites. Mais le bodhran quel domage!
Giok ¦¬]

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: JeZeBeL
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 01:08 PM

Je voudrais reserve une emplacement pour moi et mon tente pour le weekend Avril 29 a Mai 2, si c'est possible.

J'ai visite la site P et O sur l'internet et ca va etre seulement £80 sur la bateau pour moi et mon voiture!!!

Je joue le bodhran, cest une probleme?

Jez (aka frog lover :0P )

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: mooman
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 08:53 AM

P.S. Your easiest route from Holland would be the ultra-fast Thalys train from one of several Dutch cities to Paris and then the equally ultra-fast French TGV train from Paris to Niort. (We're probably talking about 5-6 hours travelling in total here depending on the connections).

Peace

moo

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: mooman
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 08:49 AM

Dear Edmund,

Hope you can come along.

I've just got to finish some urgent university work today but in the next couple of days (certainly THIS week) I'll post a full set of links and a programme of events and local things. Be assured, there is very affordable local hotel/B&B accomodation within a few minutes of most of the Gathering (the Saturday night will be in the dining room of the hotel itself) and I'll include links to that.

Niort (Niort9 after Hull9) is the closest large town and mainline railway terminal and has excellent high speed links to Paris and Bordeaux and probably other cities. It's about 20 minutes by car from the Gathering and either I or one of the locals could collect you and return you to the station without problem.

Hope it works out!

Peace

moo (Richard)

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: CET
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 06:28 PM

Charmion has a short gig as a tour guide for a bus tour of Canadian battlefields in Holland (this is the 60th anniversary of the liberation) and it looks like we might be able to get to the Euro Gathering as well. How would you get there by public transport? Do you have to catch a taxi from the nearest town? Also, what's the accomodation situation near the site for people travelling sans car and sans camping equipment?

Also, what's Niort9?

Cheers

Edmund

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 26 Jan 05 - 06:28 PM

Thanks, Richard, for reminding us.

I've wangled a few days off from the office. Checked my map of Europe, too - looks like I'll have to brave the hazards of air travel again if I want to be there (which I do) ... So - is there any floor space in the farmhouse, or a b&b close?

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: GUEST,Skipjack K8
Date: 25 Jan 05 - 09:21 AM

Whoops, that was me, Fibs

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Jan 05 - 07:11 AM

Fibs, you feckless beauty, you were meant to keep me awake on the car ride down through that France. Move the DC weekend to 14/17th October and you can take in the Getaway.

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: GUEST,MudGuest ;-)
Date: 25 Jan 05 - 06:06 AM

Kate, tell them you are a relative of Saddam or Osama - then you won't be allowed into the US ;-)

Andy/MudGuard

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Jan 05 - 05:47 AM

Tell them you're a pagan Fibs, and your religion demands that you attend the church of the Blessed Calvados on May Day, there to make offerings which nobody in their right mind would refuse.
Giok ;~)

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 25 Jan 05 - 05:09 AM

Things are not looking good for me re the Eurogathering. I'm supposed to be at a conference in Washington blooming DC that weekend... still trying to find ways out... k xx

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: mooman
Date: 25 Jan 05 - 04:30 AM

P.S. That's in France which is in Europe!

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: mooman
Date: 25 Jan 05 - 04:28 AM

Dear EuroCatters,

Time to revive this thread and perhaps start a new one as the fateful day is approaching!

All is GO for the Mudcat EuroGathering (otherwise known as the Not the Moor and Coast Festival) at La Garenne farmhouse, St Sigismond, near Niort9 not far from La Rochelle from Friday 29 April to Sunday 1 May 2005 (and maybe into the Monday too!) as previously described above. A venue for Saturday night has been arranged and the traditional "EuroGathering Rrip" will be a couple of hours punting on the Venise Verte canals hopefully with musical and song accompaniment.

In the next few days I'll be posting up accomodation and other links and in the meantime am looking forward to seeing some of you in Portaferry a week on Friday!

Richard

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Wilfried Schaum
Date: 13 Oct 04 - 04:57 AM

To explain Susanne's joke to non German speakers: Schaum is in English foam.

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 09 Oct 04 - 04:01 AM

Wilfried - stop foaming at the mouth! (Nice to hear from you, though...)

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Wilfried Schaum
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 06:45 AM

No new jokes about maypoles? Fine. Let's return to whelking instead.

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Snuffy
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 07:33 AM

Susanne, I thought there were three - the other was in a lunatic asylum

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 03:40 AM

I'm a quarter-Frisian as well as a Holsteiner. And whatever Andy's definition: Holsteiners are not Prussians, even though the Prussians occupied our country in 1866! (After ridding us of the Danes who, incidentally, are much more easy-going and therefore lost the fight).

Sorry to everybody for thread-creep. I should have remembered Lord Palmerston's(?) words: "There are only two people in the world who know what the Schleswig-Holstein question is about - and the other one's dead!"

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Wolfgang
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 11:58 AM

maar ik verkies een echte Fries
so don't tell any cow jokes, please

(just for the rhyme, the BS section is below)

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Letty
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 11:38 AM

maar ik verkies een echte Fries!

(but I'd prefer a real Frisian)

No cow jokes please :-)


Letty

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: MudGuard
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 07:56 AM

I know it a bit differently:
S'gibt Badische und Symbadische. ;-)

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Wolfgang
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 07:54 AM

Whereas Andy comes from the Southeast corner of our beautiful country, I have lived for a long time in the Southwest. They say roughly the same thing there as the untranslatable:

S'gibt Badische und Unsymbadische.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: MudGuard
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 06:38 PM

As a Holsteiner is a Preiß *), being a Holsteiner can't be finer than being a Bayer.

*) a Preiß is anyone not Bavarian

Subject: RE: Early notice - EuroGathering 2005
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 06:35 PM

It's even finer to be a Holsteiner!

Anyway, I'd consider a MayBavarian a lot less secure than a MayPole (or even a Pay Pal) for nekkid dancing! (BTW, Letty, should I join you? We'd have the place to ourselves in no time! But then, it might not bring in as much as you'll need ...)