tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post102817128795575966..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: We Shall Not See Their Likezmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-91323904254145892412011-07-24T08:14:18.246+02:002011-07-24T08:14:18.246+02:00'Stop grizzling', is what we were told as ...'Stop grizzling', is what we were told as children when we were moaning and half-crying but had not progressed to full-blown wails. Re pew licking, I'm not a Mitford so I can only guess, but a) there's quite a lot of kneeling in an Anglican service (far more than the Pressbuttons, as my Presbyterian husband often points out [muttering, 'Papist nonsense' at odd moments as well]) and b)there's always the pew you're actually sitting on, I imagine. And, over the stretch of a full childhood, even a furtive lick each week would probably result in a fully licked pew by the end, particularly as there were quite a lot of children.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-12801757332864841172011-07-24T03:48:39.984+02:002011-07-24T03:48:39.984+02:00This raises two questions. First, how does one gri...This raises two questions. First, how does one grizzle? My beard, were I allowed to grow it out, would probably count as grizzled, but that grizzling I took to be intransitive. Certain North American bears are grizzly, but I don't think that the modern English made them so.<br /><br />Second, how did the Mitfords lick the pews? I can imagine having a furtive lick as one knelt, but thought the longer stretches of Anglican services were taken seated.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com