That's not funny, Don - whether I'm good or bad at it, the tenor-recorder/English flute (along with the violin/Italian fiddle) certainly is one of the best intruments for mimicking the human voice.

Jack - I, too, have enjoyed LISTENING to, but never performing/practising, some reggae over the years.

Volgadon - did you ever get tennis-elbow in class, during your school years?!..if I were that pedantic, I wouldn't have a British passport either, because I'm an ENGLISH nationalist...I at least try, rather, to be a realist. And Pip, hopefully for the last time, I checked and was told anyone who is an Aus. cit. has to enter/re-enter on an Aus. passport, even if only VISITING.

Believe it or not Mandotim of Lancashire, I have heard it from a few elderly folk from thereabouts...besides, our Pip just used it!

Thanks Stu...but there's no Dutch/double Dutch for "tea"?

Thanks IB - I'll check both those links shortly (and why not leave yours on a few more days?).

Smokey - on the day trip in question, I did indeed escape some wet weather by wetting my palette with tea, rather than beer or mead - which I've only ever found at the above-mentioned Cumberland Arms.