tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post4995469788408192735..comments2024-03-26T03:11:42.678-04:00Comments on Behind Their Lines: When Private Mugrums Parley VoosConnie R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-62073439446544543802020-02-15T05:12:41.570-05:002020-02-15T05:12:41.570-05:00You truly deserve a bottle of 'ving blong'...You truly deserve a bottle of 'ving blong' for this entry, Connie.<br /><br />In war chronicles one can find some fun in the host of corruptions which the soldiers made of, eg, place names. Auchonvillers (Somme) became 'Ocean Villas', Hébuterne was turned into 'About Turn' and Godewaertsvelde into 'Gerty Wears Velvet'.<br /><br />Believe me, I never fail to go for my next visit of those places without a smile appearing on my face, owing to the indomitable spirit and humour with which the men 'stuck it' in those days. <br /> <br />It is all so intricately linked up with our living practically on the rim of where our world witnessed some of its worst and most precarious days.<br />It is the silver lining around the darkest cloud.<br />All best, Chris. c.spriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362112445796023444noreply@blogger.com