Comments on: Rum Doings Episode 11 Christmas Not As Special

By: Quercus

Quercus — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:39:34 +0000

True I suppose, but my point about mainland Europe versus continental Europe still stands. For Americans (or people from any other continent) to refer to Europe (meaning the continent) is fair enough, but equally it isn’t really fair to mock UK residents for mostly using Europe to refer to mainland Europe, because even today we are almost but not quite part of it.

By: NM

NM — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:54:15 +0000

Quercus: Not quite. “America” has become a shorthand for “The United States of America”. The name of the continents are North America and South America. If I said “I’m visiting North America”, you would not be surprised that my sojourn included Canada.

By: Quercus

Quercus — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:36:18 +0000

I am a gamer and did come nere via RPS.

I just want to pick you up on your comments about people in England not considering themselves part of Europe.

Firstly, while we are (of course) part of continental Europe, we are not (and haven’t been for thousands of years), part of mainland Europe.
Because we are separate (noth culturally and physically) we don’t think of ourselves as part of Europe and if someone says they are going to Europe it is only natural we assume they mean mainland Europe.

It would be exactly the same (and equally confusing) if someone announced they were going to America but meant the continent rather than the country, especially if the actual part of America they were visiting was in fact Canada.

By: Edgar the Peaceful

Edgar the Peaceful — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:57:43 +0000

Contrapuntal bass-playing par excellence: The Meters – 1960s/70s New Orleans, country-funk. Check them out.

By: John Walker

John Walker — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:30:21 +0000

That’s something of a lie, Ms Trellis.

By: MrsTrellis

MrsTrellis — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:52:53 +0000

I’m not a gamer. hth.

By: Quercus

Quercus — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:02:21 +0000

I would love an RPS.TV and I want to write for it.

By: Gassalasca

Gassalasca — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:39:28 +0000

I too am a gamer and have found out abour Rum Doings through RPS. Also, I played cello when I was little.
P.S. You’ve got to redo the bit about Derrida.

By: Bodnotbod

Bodnotbod — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:40:40 +0000

I got name-checked and it felt like a Christmas present.

Another good show. And the name-check inspired me to post a link to the podcasts on the Guardian forums (the thread is called ‘what has cheered you today?’), so it’s possible you might gain a couple of listeners.

Good work chaps. Hope you had a good Christmas and enjoyable new year celebrations.

Oh, and I can partly join in Nick’s enjoyment of babies; my niece had a daughter a couple of months ago and I saw her for the first time yesterday. It’s the first time I’ve interacted with a newborn in many years and she’s a little treasure.

By: Dinosaur

Dinosaur — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:08:35 +0000

I found out about Rum Doings from Rock, Paper, Shotgun and I am a “gamer”. I listen to Rum Doings because it’s entertaining, British and has John Walker. Unfortently I’m not a female cellist but instead I’m a 15 year old guy from Australia. Also where I live is a ten minute drive to “Ramsay Street, Erinsborough” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours#Setting) from Neighbours, but I’ve never watched a full episode of it.
I hope this information helps your science.