Question of the day

[spkennyuk]

adverb

1. used to emphasize the basic, fundamental, or intrinsic nature of a person or thing.
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How about British wildlife council, Britannica and wikipedia. Who all say carnivore.

Oh and me as well

Scientific classification Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaOrder:CarnivoraFamily:MustelidaeGenus:MelesSpecies:M. meles

And the university of Cardiff Dr. Thomas published paper states

Badgers in their zoological context
The badgers are a somewhat heterogeneous group of small to medium-sized
carnivores within the family Mustelidae, a group encompassing martens, weasels, stoats,
polecats, otters and the wolverine (amongst others).

 

[MarkMas]

Great question and I will defer to MLC as he was the first to say it was Bob Mortimer...

Can we have another question about carnivores, please?

 

[daverichardson]

The Mortimer's used to live around the corner from me in Tollesby
A talented family
I did not like them

 

[GeoffCapes]

His partner in crime Vic Reeves lives up the road from me.

Seems a pleasant enough chap. Unlike his gobshite neighbour Paul O'Grady aka Foghorn Leghorn!

 

[spkennyuk]

Wake up MLC your question

 

[zagatoes30]

Are we still discussing carnivores or has the Cat eaten MLC to prove his point?

 

[MarkMas]

OK , this has got ridiculous. I'm just going to plunge in with a new Question of the Week:

What is the origin of the name of John o'Groats in Northern Scotland?

 

[daverichardson]

Well a Groat used to be coinage, so did you pay John to leave the place?

 

[GeoffCapes]

Was there a rich man who lived there called John. He had lots of Groats, so they called it John O(f) Groats!

 

[MarkMas]

Well a Groat used to be coinage, so did you pay John to leave the place?

Was there a rich man who lived there called John. He had lots of Groats, so they called it John O(f) Groats!

Nope. Common misconception that it is about the 'groat' coin.

 

[Wanderer]

My guess having lived in Scotland is that Groat is probs Great but that's as far as I can go with this!

 

[daverichardson]

John the Great?
Is Groat a foreign word too for say miserly?
struggling now

 

[MarkMas]

.. Groat is probs Great ...

John the Great?

Well, that's kinda close, but I need more than this....

 

[Wanderer]

Well, that's kinda close, but I need more than this....

Will £5 do?

 

[JonW]

I think I saw a program about the trail from Lands End to John o’Groats which said the the village was named after a local who used to operate the ferry to one of the islands? However, this may be another misconception?

 

[Wanderer]

Is it to do with Norway or Vikings? Lingustically not, Scani-langs usually have Great as Store (Danish), Flot (Norwegian Bokmal) or Swedish probs Stora. German has Groß...

 

[Wanderer]

Other seafaring nations Dutch have Groed, sounds similar, Portuguese Otimo which hs is not right at all, going for German or Dutch but that's as far as I can go now, German or Dutch bloke but I fail to see any connection to Caithness.....

 

[MarkMas]

Will £5 do?

Oh yes!

 

[MarkMas]

...the village was named after a local who used to operate the ferry ....

...Dutch have Groed, sounds similar.....

...German or Dutch bloke....

Yes, yes, and yes. Almost there...

 

[MarkMas]

OK, I'm going to award this to Wanderer, JonW and daverichardson equally, as you all contributed to getting the answer, which is that Jan de Groot was a Dutchman who once plied a ferry from the Scottish mainland to Orkney.

You three should now race to be the first to set a new question.... Go!