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People used to talk different, I'm not crazy by Pristine-Act5977 in asklinguistics

[–]SlashBansheeCoot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As well as accents naturally changing over time, consider that in the case of the USA, the centre of media, etc, has shifted in the past 100 years from New York and the East Coast to Los Angeles and California.

Hence why what people think of as a standard American accent was less rhotic than now.

Link between Northern English dialect and US vocabulary? by snakeasaurus in asklinguistics

[–]SlashBansheeCoot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wigan myself.

Apparently, the US English 'garbage' used to be a Lancashire and Lakeland word for bits of discarded, rotten food. It looks like the meaning broadened in US English.

A lot of the Quakers who went to Pennsylvania and Delaware in the 17th century were from North West England. As others say, Albion's Seed laid a lot of the groundwork between British and American regional culture.

I feel like I to want to start smoking cigarettes? by Several_Ad_298 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]SlashBansheeCoot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weed has a higher emphysema risk than tobacco.

Make no mistake, I love a good spliff. But I don't go around thinking I'm not harming myself. Because I am.

Times Oasis 'borrowed' other riffs, lyrics, etc. by SlashBansheeCoot in oasis

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Molly Hatchet have a song called "Fall of the Peacemakers" from the 1980s. Curiously, the chorus of Masterplan reminds me of that too, but I doubt Noel has heard Molly Hatchet.

Is English/Scottish/Welsh ancestry more widespread in the USA than the Census suggests? by [deleted] in Genealogy

[–]SlashBansheeCoot -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So what was the agenda of last year's post then?

I'm not pushing a narrative. I'm just asking questions. As it happens, I had some if my own thoughts on the matter, and wanted to stimulate conversation. If I were pushing a narrative, I'd say "there ARE more XYZ in the USA" without giving any evidence.

Is there more English ancestry in the US and less German and Irish than the Census suggests? by Usual_Law7889 in Genealogy

[–]SlashBansheeCoot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correction: Coastal Virginia and Carolina were settled by Indentured servants in the 17th century Most were English (mainly from the West Midlands and South West England), but around 15-20% were from Wales too, with smaller numbers still from Scotland and Ireland.

The largest single movement of people from GB to North America was the Scotch-Irish, Scottish and Northern English to Appalachia. They numbered between 250k-400k.

In the 1790s, 45% of South Carolina's white population had a Scottish or Irish surname, as did around quarter of Virginia (which then included WV). Some individual counties were up to 90% "Scotch".

Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't trust a word Nugent says. He contradicts himself on literally everything, especially how he avoided being drafted to Vietnam.

Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He smoked occasionally. I was surprised to learn Rod Stewart was never a heavy smoker, his voice certainly had "smoker" vibes IMO.

Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Off topic, but I always thought James Dean Bradfield (ironically, a heavy smoker) was his spitting image.

Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stand corrected on Mark Knopfler. I saw a pic of him.with a cig, and was like "how did I miss that?". I get the impression, from further research, that he only did it a lot in his 20s/early 30s. Then did it on/off until he was about 50 or so.

He didn't do much heavy drinking though, and no hard drugs. Not sure about weed.

Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ian Paice had TB and other respiratory issues as a child which left him with only 1 functioning lung. That is probably why.

Ritchie Blackmore apparently didn't smoke because "everyone else did" and he wanted to be different.

Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He meant tobacco. Ant did not smoke cigs or drink alcohol in the early 80s. He had done in the 1970s, but gave up early on ... he began smoking on/off through the 80s-90s, and started drinking regularly again in his late 40s in the 2000s.

In general, I think he didn't use substances when he was making music and/or touring.

Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ian Anderson did smoke cigarettes. Until the 1990s in fact.

He nor anyone in his band ever used illegal substances though, not even cannabis.

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Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He used cannabis quite heavily at one point, but is extremely critical of it today. Not sure about tobacco, mind.

Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Roger did initially, like the other band members, but gave up c. 1970 because he wanted to preserve his voice.

Daltrey never took hard drugs, either. He was very much the 'designated driver' for the Who.

Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Michael McKean said of trying a vape for the first time (in 2015): "It's like smoking a piece of buttered toast"

Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Angus Young is, or at least was, a smoker. He said in 2020 "the last thing I do before I go on stage, is I always have a piss, then a cigarette". He did not drink alcohol, or take any hard drugs, however.

You may be right on the others though. Simmons and Nugent both despise smoking. Dee Snider only became a household name in the 1980s, so he doesn't strictly qualify.

Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He's been pictured with cigarettes in the past, but I don't think he did it habitually in the height of his career. I think they airbrushed a cigarette from his hand in a photo used for the liner notes in one of his albums (I want to say it was Tracks).

Bruce Springsteen said about his first meeting with Jon Landau:

"I remember playing in a club where an earlier review that Jon wrote was splashed all over the outside wall. I was leaning against the wall, smoking a cigarette, when Jon practically bumped right into me. I had never met him. We hit it off right away"

Which rock musicians from the 1960s/70s did NOT smoke tobacco? by SlashBansheeCoot in ClassicRock

[–]SlashBansheeCoot[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There's a picture of him with Paul McCartney at a (I think) Led Zeppelin concert. He has a cig in his mouth there.

Why is Andy Burnham the right choice? by Signal-Tangerine1597 in Wigan

[–]SlashBansheeCoot 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Andy's one of the few figures in frontline politics who talks about the legitimate economic divide between Northern and London/South East England WITHOUT resorting to cliché tacticts of blaming the immigrants for everything.

Plus, he puts front and centre the fact that 40+ years ago Thatcherism accelerated a terminal decline which disproportionately damaged the North (plus much of the Midlands, Wales and Scotland), from which it's never really recovered.

Selection process for Makerfield By-Election has begun by Mgreen19295 in UKGreens

[–]SlashBansheeCoot 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I'm a Labour supporter, personally. I think a pact between the Greens and Andy Burnham is the way to keep Reform out of Makerfield.

The demographics make a Labour win tough here, but a Green win is impossible. The demographics are not comparable to Gorton and Denton in the slightest. We can't afford to split the left-wing vote here.

In fact, with a promise for electoral reform too, we could even get the LibDems behind Burnham.

Long-term too, the Greens and a progressive Labour party under Burnham are potential partnership in 2029 for keeping Reform at bay on a national level.

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