Eldan GoldenbergApr 12, 2018
Ah, London: "____ has served strictly Halal food since we opened. However, we are not certified by either of the Halal associations, because we also have a full bar."
Show threadEldan GoldenbergApr 13, 2018
Trip's going well. Generally feeling less rushed, and I have a better sense of where to find quiet green spaces in this city than NYC. Here is a particularly good barge from walking around a canal earlier today:
https://a.weirder.earth/media/rncp4M5CdNHScIHgbnU
Show threadEldan Goldenberg
And here's a #poem I enjoyed:
https://a.weirder.earth/media/Q1mgVPdnS1JBirb_xf4
Apr 13, 2018 at 11:52pmWeb
Show threadEldan GoldenbergApr 14, 2018
This being such a famously small town, I just bumped into someone I know on the Tube.
Show threadEldan GoldenbergApr 15, 2018

I've lived in the US for almost 15 years, and kind of left Britain a year earlier than that. I've noticed some shifts in my own perceptions of accents.

Up to about 5 years ago: even though London had stopped feeling like home, the sounds of peoples' voices here still did.

Since then: my own accent sounds sort of odd to me.

Now: just spent an evening in London surrounded by US- & Candians, and their accents are the sound of home to me now.

Show threadEldan GoldenbergApr 15, 2018
Mostly I think this is a good thing. I've been making Seattle home for a long time, and this feels like a milestone in the completion of that process. But it is weird how alienated I now feel from my _own_ accent.
Show threadhypertext thomassonApr 16, 2018
@eldang that's so interesting. have you noticed any changes in your accent since you no longer really feel a connection to it?
Show threadEldan GoldenbergApr 17, 2018
@snoothy I haven't noticed. There has been a slight gradual shift in, but really gradual.
Show threadEldan GoldenbergApr 16, 2018
Taking sort of a vacation from our vacation by going to Moreton-in-Marsh for a couple of days of walking, 900-year-old churches, stone pubs and just shameless touristing is shaping up to have been a good move.
https://a.weirder.earth/media/1oVCnDmdhegysh7owIQ
https://a.weirder.earth/media/_kFSPL0zqV8ITcwg4BA
https://a.weirder.earth/media/9TEj0agp3byy1DRpKk4
Show threadEldan GoldenbergApr 16, 2018
I do need to know if any of this Wikipedia page is not a prank, though: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwile_flonking
Show threadHugh (old account)Apr 16, 2018
@eldang I live on the edge of the Cotswolds and have never heard of it, but the Wikipedia page does mention it was invented by comedian Michael Bentine (of Goon Show fame) in the early 60s.
Show threadEldan GoldenbergApr 17, 2018
@y6nH ah, I'd not connected who Bentine was. It all makes sense now.
Show threadEldan GoldenbergApr 17, 2018
Walked a little over 10 miles today, muddy trails on gentle rolling hills in weather that gradually deteriorated but never got bad enough to ruin it. Villages seem to be spaced every 2-3 miles round here, so there were lots of beautiful yellow stone buildings between the fields of lambs. And yes, the official best rural pub in the land.
https://a.weirder.earth/media/YexCtqWbMANjgCkFQRc
https://a.weirder.earth/media/vYLw7iiPNrf1WdBBvJs
https://a.weirder.earth/media/gTluZCKEIfKgfCIIIxY
https://a.weirder.earth/media/ViMln1ih_Bu-9rYTxdk
Show threadEldan GoldenbergApr 17, 2018
There's an interesting land form here, with what look like giant plough furrows crossing whole fields. 3-4 metres (guesstimate) from one to the next, so too wide to be old planting beds. Can follow the contours or run directly up/down hill. They look oddly regular but I can't discern a human purpose. Any idea what might have formed them?
Show thread👀🌲Apr 17, 2018
@eldang This would be easier with a picture. Eskers? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esker
Show threadEldan GoldenbergApr 17, 2018
@mcmoots I'll try and get a good one tomorrow. These have many small ridges in parallel, so it doesn't quite seem to fit the formation story for eskers.
Show threadEldan GoldenbergApr 17, 2018

In fact, I found a picture and the start of an answer: http://www.cotswoldjourneys.com/cotswolds-guide/ridge-furrow-farming-in-the-cotswolds/

I still don't quite understand, but now I at least have a starting point.

Cc @mcmoots