Alexander McCall Smith on Teapots
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1PensiveCat
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2097484/Alexander-McCall-Smith-tackles-d...
Now that's a tea lover!
Now that's a tea lover!
2staffordcastle
Lovely!
3rabbitprincess
Great article! Going to make a pot of tea right now!
4marell
Great article by one of my favorite authors.
This little ditty was a common rhyme when I was very young. I wonder if children know it today. Although it is about a teakettle, I always imagined it as a little Brown Betty.
I'm a little teapot short and stout.
Here is my handle, here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout.
Just tip me over and pour me out.
This little ditty was a common rhyme when I was very young. I wonder if children know it today. Although it is about a teakettle, I always imagined it as a little Brown Betty.
I'm a little teapot short and stout.
Here is my handle, here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout.
Just tip me over and pour me out.
5PensiveCat
It surprises me how many rhymes are unknown to the younger generations.
What really gets me is when people confuse a kettle with a teapot. Unless you are new to the English language, this should be a pretty simple distinction.
What really gets me is when people confuse a kettle with a teapot. Unless you are new to the English language, this should be a pretty simple distinction.
7varielle
I heard him speak last night. He came out in his kilt, was perfectly wonderful and talked about everything under the sun, but I don't recall him mentioning tea. Perhaps he didn't because he knew he was in the land of sweet iced tea drinkers.
8PensiveCat
>7 varielle: - I had a chance to see him on Sunday, at a 'tea' event in Brooklyn but wasn't quite able to make it. I wonder if he'd had his kilt on then.
