Has the Queen died?

[Pickman's model]

I read that she will record her Christmas message to the nation before Christmas, so presumably not.

this is how it has been done for many, many years so you're reading something into it which isn't there

 

[1927]

I read that she will record her Christmas message to the nation before Christmas, so presumably not.

They do that every year tho!

 

[Pickman's model]

They do that every year tho!

this is how it has been done for many, many years so you're reading something into it which isn't there

brilliant minds

 

[platinumsage]

this is how it has been done for many, many years so you're reading something into it which isn't there

You can't extrapolate from the past like that. In previous years she's recorded a message so she can drink more gin at Sandringham. But this year is it's obviously for posthumous broadcast.

 

[Pickman's model]

You can't extrapolate from the past like that. In previous years she's recorded a message so she can drink more gin Sandringham. But this year is it's obviously for posthumous broadcast.

what is special about gin sandringham?

 

[platinumsage]

She won't be able to drink this year, so it must be because she will be dead:

Royal Doctors Want Queen Elizabeth to Stop Drinking

Sources close to Queen Elizabeth say that her royal medical staff wants her to give up her daily cocktail and Champagne nightcap.

www.instyle.com

 

[platinumsage]

what is special about gin sandringham?

Your feeble attempts at pedantry are always undermined by your affectatious refusal to capitalize.

 

[Pickman's model]

She won't be able to drink this year, so it must be because she will be dead:

Royal Doctors Want Queen Elizabeth to Stop Drinking

Sources close to Queen Elizabeth say that her royal medical staff wants her to give up her daily cocktail and Champagne nightcap.

www.instyle.com

from the tenor of your posts you've taken up what she's cut down

 

[platinumsage]

from the tenor of your posts you've taken up what she's cut down

Everyone will when King Charles is let loose on his unsuspecting subjects.

 

[Pickman's model]

Your feeble attempts at pedantry are always undermined by your affectatious refusal to capitalize.

1) i'm an anti-capitalist; 2) if i was a pedant i'd be making a fuss out of your z fetish - americans capitalize while the british capitalise.

 

[Pickman's model]

Everyone will when King Charles is let loose on his unsuspecting subjects.

yeh we've known for years he'd like to be george vii. do catch up.

 

[platinumsage]

1) i'm an anti-capitalist; 2) if i was a pedant i'd be making a fuss out of your z fetish - americans capitalize while the british capitalise.

-ize originated in Britain, -ise is a recent adoption from the French and was originally favoured by the aristocracy.

-ise favourers are basically monarchists.

 

[Pickman's model]

-ize originated in Britain, -ise is a recent adoption from the French and was originally favoured by the aristocracy.

-ise favourers are basically monarchists.

so you're something of a little englander with your aversion to things from the continent.

 

[ouirdeaux]

ize originated in Britain, -ise is a recent adoption from the French and was originally favoured by the aristocracy.

You're right on the origin -- the OED still favours the -ize ending -- but what evidence is there for the aristocracy bit?

 

[BoxRoom]

this is how it has been done for many, many years so you're reading something into it which isn't there

I hope this years speech starts with her saying, "Hello! I'm speaking to you from beyond the grave! Wooooo!" and she even does the wiggly fingers thing.

 

[Pickman's model]

I hope this years speech starts with her saying, "Hello! I'm speaking to you from beyond the grave! Wooooo!" and she even does the wiggly fingers thing.

rumours it will be a message from beyond the grave are just attempts to boost the viewing figures

 

[brogdale]

If only Derek Acorah hadn't passed, Mrs Saxe-Coburg and Gotha could have had him channel the Greek through his spirit guide Sam.

 

[platinumsage]

so you're something of a little englander with your aversion to things from the continent.

No, more like a middle Englander as I'd quite happily post here only in 15th century Middle English if I could.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Queen Liz(ard) has attended the christening of her great-grandsons in Windsor. Looking rather pale in the main pic for this article though, but it might just be the quality of the photo:

Queen attends great-grandchildren’s joint christening despite health concerns

The Queen has attended what is believed to be the Royal family's first double christening, despite recent concerns for her health.

uk.yahoo.com

 

[Carvaged]

Queen Liz(ard) has attended the christening of her great-grandsons in Windsor. Looking rather pale in the main pic for this article though, but it might just be the quality of the photo:

Queen attends great-grandchildren’s joint christening despite health concerns

The Queen has attended what is believed to be the Royal family's first double christening, despite recent concerns for her health.

uk.yahoo.com

They papped one of the babs that were being christened and there's something strange about its appearance:

 

[platinumsage]

Queen Liz(ard) has attended the christening of her great-grandsons in Windsor. Looking rather pale in the main pic for this article though, but it might just be the quality of the photo:

Queen attends great-grandchildren’s joint christening despite health concerns

The Queen has attended what is believed to be the Royal family's first double christening, despite recent concerns for her health.

uk.yahoo.com

She lives in Windsor Castle now so the headline should be: “Queen’s great-grandchildren’s joint christening held at her home because she’s terminally housebound”

 

[Puddy_Tat]

americans capitalize while the british capitalise.

only really in recent decades after microsoft decided that the cambridge -ise not the oxford -ize was 'correct' english english (there's an episode of 'inspector morse' that hinges on morse spotting an -ise in an apparent suicide note typed by an oxford man and from that realizing that it was a forgery and therefore murder)

 

[Serene]

The way things are going they might have to sell Princess Anne.

 

[krtek a houby]

The ize have it

 

[not-bono-ever]

I haven’t turned the telly on yet as have had to feed the dog - any news ?

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

I haven’t turned the telly on yet as have had to feed the dog - any news ?

Yep. The Queen has died, apparently.

 

[not-bono-ever]

I fed the dog her sardines respectfully and with reverence just in case I should have been inadvertently mourning but didn’t know it

 

[Pickman's model]

I fed the dog her sardines respectfully just in case I should have been inadvertently mourning

Mackerel are for mourning, sardines are for sickness, haddock for happiness and cod for celebration

 

[Chilli.s]

Mackerel are for mourning, sardines are for sickness, haddock for happiness and cod for celebration

Pilchards for party?

 

[moochedit]

I haven’t turned the telly on yet as have had to feed the dog - any news ?

No but keep refreshing this page. When it happens the official announcement will be made on urban75.