Comments on: Saturday, 10 September 1938 http://airminded.org/2008/09/10/saturday-10-september-1938/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saturday-10-september-1938 Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Airminded · Monday, 12 September 1938 http://airminded.org/2008/09/10/saturday-10-september-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-84299 Airminded · Monday, 12 September 1938 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:57:21 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=562#comment-84299 [...] power of selective editing to fabricate apparent meaning. Remember the Daily Mail’s scoop on Saturday, about the British ambassador delivering Hitler a warning that Britain would not stand aside if [...] [...] power of selective editing to fabricate apparent meaning. Remember the Daily Mail’s scoop on Saturday, about the British ambassador delivering Hitler a warning that Britain would not stand aside if [...]

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/09/10/saturday-10-september-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-84259 Brett Holman Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:44:16 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=562#comment-84259 Thanks! Silly English language. Thanks! Silly English language.

]]> By: JDK http://airminded.org/2008/09/10/saturday-10-september-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-84235 JDK Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:23:13 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=562#comment-84235 Bungalow is originally a term from India, but is one of those annoying shifting signifiers in English. In the UK it means a one floor permanent dwelling, generally a less prestigious house. One used for a holiday would generally be referred to as a holiday bungalow. However Brits would and do refer to one level Australian houses as 'bungalows'. It's as bad as 'cottage'. A wooden (usually) holiday home in Canada, a stone built twee dwelling in Britain, beloved of tourists (I used to live in one, called Chapel Cottage) and a rather dubious term in the gay cruising scene for a public toilet in the UK. Don't start me on canoe / kayak / Canadian canoe! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungalow Bungalow is originally a term from India, but is one of those annoying shifting signifiers in English. In the UK it means a one floor permanent dwelling, generally a less prestigious house. One used for a holiday would generally be referred to as a holiday bungalow. However Brits would and do refer to one level Australian houses as 'bungalows'. It's as bad as 'cottage'. A wooden (usually) holiday home in Canada, a stone built twee dwelling in Britain, beloved of tourists (I used to live in one, called Chapel Cottage) and a rather dubious term in the gay cruising scene for a public toilet in the UK. Don't start me on canoe / kayak / Canadian canoe!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungalow

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/09/10/saturday-10-september-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-84233 Brett Holman Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:23:55 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=562#comment-84233 Ah, that sounds right enough, and fits the text better. I think I was thrown by the word 'bungalow', over here that would generally mean a holiday home or other small dwelling, but it seems it might mean just a house generally in UK parlance? Ah, that sounds right enough, and fits the text better. I think I was thrown by the word 'bungalow', over here that would generally mean a holiday home or other small dwelling, but it seems it might mean just a house generally in UK parlance?

]]> By: Chris Williams http://airminded.org/2008/09/10/saturday-10-september-1938/comment-page-1/#comment-84229 Chris Williams Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:55:57 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=562#comment-84229 All this is great Brett. As for Hassocks, I think that it's more likely to be appealing to middle class commuters in London to move themselves and their families right out of town right now, rather than as a second-home bolthole. Hassocks was (and is) on the main line from London to Brighton, which was electrified by then, so it's within easy commuting distance of the City. It's undoubtedly a call to flee the cities, though. In any case, the thing about the knock-out blow is that it comes out of the blue. All this is great Brett.

As for Hassocks, I think that it's more likely to be appealing to middle class commuters in London to move themselves and their families right out of town right now, rather than as a second-home bolthole. Hassocks was (and is) on the main line from London to Brighton, which was electrified by then, so it's within easy commuting distance of the City. It's undoubtedly a call to flee the cities, though. In any case, the thing about the knock-out blow is that it comes out of the blue.

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