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Subject: Fisherman's Friends Film... From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Date: 01 Mar 11 - 02:40 PM They're making a film about them now....how cool is that! :0) The film of the story...of Fisherman's Friends |
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Subject: RE: Fisherman's Friends Film... From: Surreysinger Date: 01 Mar 11 - 08:30 PM That film clip's nearly a year old, and the only reference on their website is from about the same date with the legend "watch this space" - so I wonder if that has actually foundered after all? |
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Subject: RE: Fisherman's Friends Film... From: GUEST,Cap'n Birdsarse Date: 01 Mar 11 - 10:46 PM floundered ??? |
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Subject: RE: Fisherman's Friends Film... From: wysiwyg Date: 01 Mar 11 - 10:49 PM "Foundered" is a horseman's phrase for going lame, going down. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Fisherman's Friends Film... From: gnomad Date: 02 Mar 11 - 03:53 AM Also a nautical verb, a ship which has foundered is one which has sunk. Chambers dictionary advises it derives from the French verb fondrer; to plunge to the bottom. I know nothing relevant to Surreysinger's query. |
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Subject: RE: Fisherman's Friends Film... From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 02 Mar 11 - 07:13 PM Often you see foundered incorrectly spelled and pronounced floundered. The misuse is so common that it is replacing the proper word. So it goes with the Kings English, another term often incorrectly called the Queen's English. ;) |
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Subject: RE: Fisherman's Friends Film... From: Leadfingers Date: 02 Mar 11 - 07:18 PM I DID think there was something fishy about the Floundered post !! Another 'joke' gone Flat (Fish) ?? |
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Subject: RE: Fisherman's Friends Film... From: GUEST Date: 03 Mar 11 - 07:04 AM You're skating on thin ice there mate! |
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Subject: RE: Fisherman's Friends Film... From: Surreysinger Date: 03 Mar 11 - 03:40 PM Floundered??? That's a word with a completely different meaning!! I quote the first dictionary on-line which came to hand (Websters) *1 (of a ship) Fill with water and sink o six drowned when the yacht foundered off the Florida coast *2 (of a plan or undertaking) Fail or break down, typically as a result of a particular problem or setback o the talks foundered on the issue of reform * (of a hoofed animal, esp. a horse or pony) Succumb to laminitis So yes, "foundered" Floundered on the other hand (from the same source) * Struggle or stagger helplessly or clumsily in water or mud o he was floundering about in the shallow offshore waters * Struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion o she floundered, not knowing quite what to say * Be in serious difficulty o many firms are floundering |
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Subject: RE: Fisherman's Friends Film... From: Surreysinger Date: 03 Mar 11 - 03:41 PM Sorry - that got sent before I finished tidying it up - but I think you get the gist. |
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Subject: RE: Fisherman's Friends Film... From: Charley Noble Date: 03 Mar 11 - 09:23 PM I love to go a-floundering, Along the tide pool track, And as I go, I love to sing, My creel upon my back. Chorus: Val-deri,Val-dera, Val-deri, Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha Val-deri,Val-dera. My creel upon my back! Cheerily, Charley Ignoble |
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