Sgt. Pepper Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 (edited) It opened on the 24 of February. I guess the thread should say you guys got your own garage, since it had its opening. https://www.gibson.com/en-US/garage-london Edited February 26 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Interesting. I have to go to London at some point this year (I don't much enjoy going). Maybe I could find it by bus or tube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Yeah. I live in London (well on the outskirts) but Gibson having a garage is still not enough for me to want to go in to central London... I generally avoid it when I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 8 minutes ago, Rabs said: Looking.. Its fairly near Leicester Square and Bond Street stations. Actually scratch that.. I looked closer, its between Oxford Circus and Tottenham Ct Rd 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 unless you say it like "GAY-RAHG" it's not a real garage... you brits talk kinda funny, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 4 minutes ago, kidblast said: unless you say it like "GAY-RAHG" it's not a real garage... you brits talk kinda funny, No we speak English!! 'GAAH-RARGE' for instance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Moe: “oh, la dee dah, a garage… Homer’s got a ga-raaazh!” Homer: “Well, what do YOU call it, Moe?” Moe: “a CAR hole!” 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampash Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I'm going to be visiting London on August so it's definitely on the agenda. I visited the one in Nashville in May last year along with Third man records. Now this year I want to visit both on London and it looks like they're a 9 minute walk from each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 (edited) 14 hours ago, jdgm said: No we speak English!! 'GAAH-RARGE' for instance The English put the letter 'u' where it doesn't need to be. We spell color with no 'u' and it works out fine. Why does it need to be colour? I remember getting Dark Side and thinking why is color spelt wrong on this album? Edited February 27 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 You see, it all went downhill when we moved away from this. I had to study this at school for English Literature. Its Chaucer BTW (Chaw-Sur). But for to tellen yow of his array, His hors weren goode, but he was nat gay; Of fustian he wered a gypon Al bismótered with his habergeon; For he was late y-come from his viage, And wente for to doon his pilgrymage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Yes I had to read "Wife Of Bath" for A level...and plenty of Shakespeare. Etymology; the U in 'colour' is from the French. 'Color' is Spanish. Many English words have their origins/antecedents in French, Latin or both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 2/27/2024 at 7:21 AM, Sgt. Pepper said: The English put the letter 'u' where it doesn't need to be. We spell color with no 'u' and it works out fine. Why does it need to be colour? I remember getting Dark Side and thinking why is color spelt wrong on this album? Chicago (The American Band) used a "u" in "Colour My World". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 46 minutes ago, gearbasher said: Chicago (The American Band) used a "u" in "Colour My World". Those American frauds. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil OKeefe Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, jdgm said: Yes I had to read "Wife Of Bath" for A level...and plenty of Shakespeare. Etymology; the U in 'colour' is from the French. 'Color' is Spanish. Many English words have their origins/antecedents in French, Latin or both. It really is a bastardized language with all kinds of crazy grammatical rules that sources words from all over the place - including, in addition to Latin and French, Spanish and German. No wonder it's so difficult for non-native speakers to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 13 hours ago, Phil OKeefe said: It really is a bastardized language with all kinds of crazy grammatical rules that sources words from all over the place - including, in addition to Latin and French, Spanish and German. No wonder it's so difficult for non-native speakers to learn. Yes, we like to keep it that way 😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 (edited) I took 2 years of French in high school. I never want to conjugate verbs ever again. I lived in California and it didn't click back then that maybe I should taken, oh . . . Spanish. And unlike that song, I have been to Spain. Edited February 29 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieDog Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sgt. Pepper said: I took 2 years of French in high school. I never want to conjugate verbs ever again. I lived in California and it didn't click back then that maybe I should taken, oh . . . Spanish. And unlike that song, I have been to Spain. I was a bright kid, had a copy of Winnie the Pooh in Latin I would compare to the English version. Was made to take french lessons in elementary school, took spanish in Jr. high, Started german but dropped it instantaneously. Never got competency in any language to pass the College requirement. That damn conjugating and trying to remember the gender of tables tripped me up every time. So, desperate to get the credits I needed, I signed up for Chinese. I figured it was so hard the bar would be set low, and I would really have to “work” at it, which usually meant at least a passing grade for me. Fish to water! The language makes total sense…you just add in different words/letters in the right places in the sentence to change tenses/genders/negatives. “Hao” = good “Bu Hao” = bad. Easy peasy. (Okay there are also needed tone marks but I can’t add them here.) If you are at all musical, the tones are no problem, it’s like singing. The characters are icons, so once you memorize the logic of the different elements you can usually parse out what the word might be. In context in the sentence and you can usually deduce what it means if you don’t recognize it right off. Switched majors from philosophy to Chinese for a while and ended up with a Chinese minor. That was fun. I’ve lost most of it of course now, but I can still say “hello” and beg for change, if I ever find myself needy in Beijing… Edited February 29 by PrairieDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Just think, if we lost the Revolutionary War, we'd be speaking English today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil OKeefe Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 2 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: I took 2 years of French in high school. I never want to conjugate verbs ever again. I lived in California and it didn't click back then that maybe I should taken, oh . . . Spanish. And unlike that song, I have been to Spain. Same here, except I took German. In retrospect, that was a bad choice. Today, I probably know more Spanish than German due to regular exposure to it here in Southern California, and, due to an Irish-Catholic upbringing and years involved in science, engineering, and research, more Latin than either of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 (edited) 35 minutes ago, gearbasher said: Just think, if we lost the Revolutionary War, we'd be speaking English today. But it would be the Queens English and not this b-astardized version we now speak. And if the US did not enter WWII who would be speaking German? Edited February 29 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Phil OKeefe said: I probably know more Spanish than German due to regular exposure to it here in Southern California, You mean North Mexico? Here is SC I am tired of being called Sweetie, Darling and Hun. Edited February 29 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil OKeefe Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 2 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Here is SC I am tired of being called Sweetie, Darling and Hun. Bless your heart! 😉 They do use those terms a lot in the south, which may occasionally be annoying for California natives, but on the positive side, I appreciate the general civility and politeness you often encounter in the south, so I guess for me at least, it all balances out. YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 3 hours ago, Phil OKeefe said: Bless your heart! 😉 They do use those terms a lot in the south, which may occasionally be annoying for California natives, but on the positive side, I appreciate the general civility and politeness you often encounter in the south, so I guess for me at least, it all balances out. YMMV. Polite but most are racists. And you damn well know who they voted for. It’s on their hats, t-shirt, bumper stickers and flags they fly. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 On 2/28/2024 at 10:49 PM, Phil OKeefe said: No wonder it's so difficult for non-native speakers to learn. Nah. Spanish, OTOH... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
differentsky Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 This discussion takes the notion of "hijacking a thread" to a whole other level 😉 If anyone is willing to, unobstrusively, comment on their visit to the Gibson garage or post pictures, please do! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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