tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244275961793143825.post1768832243063102325..comments2023-11-25T18:02:19.234+00:00Comments on Seeker: Naughty Ladies Fingers and Farmers Fried UpNancy Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08414597433860002332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244275961793143825.post-70387465087930835542011-07-15T15:42:53.352+01:002011-07-15T15:42:53.352+01:00Thanks for commenting Jodie. 'Guest Shooting C...Thanks for commenting Jodie. 'Guest Shooting Competition' is of course correct English - I just chuckle at the ambiguity. Are you a professional translator? As for killing (with bow and arrow) Scotsmen in kilts within York city walls I believe that law is still extant - but it's illegal on a Sunday! I wrote a post about 'Strange English Laws' here http://nancysblog-seeker.blogspot.com/2010/08/early-this-morning-i-enjoyed-reading.htmlNancy Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414597433860002332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244275961793143825.post-19550688545138084902011-07-15T15:30:36.032+01:002011-07-15T15:30:36.032+01:00"Notice of the village's regular "GU..."Notice of the village's regular "GUEST SHOOTING COMPETITION" produces varying degrees of alarm or hilarity in English-speaking guests. Thankfully we not yet been shot."<br /><br />Absolutely priceless! It reminds me of that law that we supposedly still had here until recently, where it's legal to kill a Scotsman in York, providing that he's wearing a kilt and wandering around inside the city walls after dark. And you have to do it with a bow and arrow. Presumably, that law's been overturned now. :P<br /><br />To be fair to whoever wrote the shooting sign, they probably had a pretty good grasp of English. Just not of the subtleties. :P <br /><br />Personally, I love signs like that. Perhaps they're not as a professional <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rosettatranslation.com/">translation agency</a> would have phrased them but they wouldn't raise a smile either.Jodienoreply@blogger.com