Flipping traffic - just moan really!

It is possibly because of confusion with a different old word - lickerish.

www.thefreedictionary.com/lickerish
"lick·er·ish (lĭk′ər-ĭsh) adj.
1. Lascivious; lecherous.
2. Greedy; desirous.
3.
a. Archaic Relishing good food.
b. Obsolete Arousing hunger; appetizing.
[Middle English likerous, perhaps from Old French lecheor, lekier; see lecher.]"

www.thefreedictionary.com/liquorice
"liquorice (ˈlɪkərɪs; -ərɪʃ) or licorice n
1. (Plants) a perennial Mediterranean leguminous shrub, Glycyrrhiza glabra, having spikes of pale blue flowers and flat red-brown pods
2. (Cookery) the dried root of this plant, used as a laxative and in confectionery
3. (Pharmacology) the dried root of this plant, used as a laxative and in confectionery
4. (Cookery) a sweet having a liquorice flavour
[C13: via Anglo-Norman and Old French from Late Latin liquirītia, from Latin glycyrrhīza, from Greek glukurrhiza, from glukus sweet + rhiza root] "

No, not too complicated at all. I just thought I could get the gist of it more clearly if I said it it with a Scottish accent.

#levity

It doesn't need a Scottish accent, if you actually read what I wrote jingl. I am talking about the difference between a sh sound and a ss sound. I'm sorry if that is too complicated for you!

I'm not even spelling it right! . Liquorice.

Why has my spelling gone completely down the pan recently!

#desperatelytriestosaylicoricewithascottishaccentandfails

Can I please ask, purely in a spirit of enquiry, not of criticism, why so many English people call it "liquorish", whereas most Scottish people call it "liquoriss"? (As did my DM, now I think about it, and she was half-English and brought up in Northumberland.)

What sorts?!

I never eat lick rice all sorts when travelling. [knowing nod of head]

That was a great episode, with my favourite OFITG line:

Victor: Oh, I wish I was dead!
Margaret: I wish you were dead too.

I know I'm repeating myself cause I mentioned it not long ago but it made me think of the One Foot in the Grave episode with the traffic jam, Mrs Warboys, and the sucky sweets. Best not to eat too many liquorice allasorts in a traffic jam as it's a laxative is it not ...#thisismy'ibs'speakingbytheway

We used to have what was universally known in the family as "Charley Buggers"
Got the occasional funny look from passengers not in the know

I did wonder kitty but didn't want to add to your stress by mentioning it

Licorish allsquirts allsorts, haribo sours, extra strong mints... You are not alone jingl

Does anyone know why I posted this under 'TV, Radio etc', because I don't.

After yesterday I won't be able to face another fruit pastille until at least 11am when I next get in the car. I never have sweets in the car unless we are going on a 'journey' but if there are any left when I next use the car they are always gone by the next 'journey'.

When we were kids, my Dad used to stock up on barley sugar sweets for us to suck on car journeys, allegedly to prevent car-sickness, though they may have shut us up for a while.

Mum used to use mints.

Put me off mints for decades.

Doesn't anyone else stuff themselves so full of chocolate raisins snacks on journeys that they can't possible eat anything sensible when they finally get home? Just me? Oh shi sugar!

We used to say "Constantinople is a very long word. I bet you can't spell it."

Hurrah for takeaways and wine, is what I say Kitty.

The phrase was like Tegan and dj said it, for us.

It always takes me a night's sleep and a breakfast before I start to feel glad to be back in our own home. But I guess relief would have played a big part in your situation kitty.

'Constantinople is a very long word. If you can't spell it you're a dunce.'

That's how we said it.

Glad you made it home in the end kitty.

We got home at 7pm so had been on the road for eight hours with one loo stop. We had ordered a take away curry and revelled in being in our own home at last! There were road works everywhere Tegan and the rain didn't help!

My dad always used to say it like Tegan. It depends how you were brought up, Elegran.