Oxymoron ? – By Des Kelly Image Source: ReviewHippie English is a strange, but sometimes a very humorous language as well. We are all well aware that there are many morons around these days. Of course, without Oxygen, any morons would not exist, so this is why the wordsmiths have decided to bring in this strange word that I have never heard of, until now. ...
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“COUNTRY – COPS” – By Des Kelly George Strait & Alan Jackson – Amarillo By Morning The Cowboy Rides Away Live from AT &T Stadium Two great Country Vocalists of around the 1980s, George Strait (the older of the two), first came to my attention with his 1st big hit, “I wanna dance with you”, a song that I loved and even did a “cover” version of. George undoubtedly held his ground among many former Icons like Merle Haggard and yet another George (Jones), and Alan Jackson, the younger, then hit the showbiz Scene with a big bang. He is a fine Country Act, with a huge following, but why do I refer to this duo as “Country-Cops”??. ...
Oct 1, 2020
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“A TEA-PLUCKING PRODIGY” – By Des Kelly He needs no introduction, need I say more ?, Van Langenberg’s the name, we call him Joe. Anything on his mind, a story to tell ?, Joe gets right down to it, relating it well. We are proud to have you on eLanka, mate. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) eLanka. ...
Oct 1, 2020
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“Have you ever seen the rain” – By Des Kelly This amazing video was seen by me, this afternoon, 29/9/2020. My FB Friend Dayal Cooray had posted it, and while thanking him for something very different, I thought I would like to share it with all our eLanka viewers & readers. Desmond Kelly (Editor in Chief) eLanka. ...
“GUYS OR GALS” – By Des Kelly He keeps sending out these “Special-effect” posts, he does. Problem is that as we grow older in lockdown, we “oldies” seem to discover certain tidbits that the younger generation seem to miss completely. Arthur Schokman has sent me this group of guys & gals, the test being to pick out the males from the females. Believe me, this is not easy to do. As we go through this “modern age” where both SOME men and women wear earrings, don wigs, & sometimes even wear make-up, even if it is just a bit of rouge to hide the paleness of facial skin, it is perplexing, to say the least, in picking out the guys from the gals. I found it extremely difficult to do, and failed miserably. Please don’t cheat, however, and give it a ...
“BRITSPEAK” – By Des Kelly An excellent one-word title for an excellent topic. After everything is said and done, English IS the very best International Language around, and has been, for quite a while now. Correct English has been given an alias, naming it “The Queen’s English”. My guess is that this alias refers to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, former Empress of India and Regent of the Commonwealth of Nations, covering a large percent of the World’s Countries, including HUGE Australia and TINY Ceylon (then), Sri Lanka (now), before both India and Ceylon gained their independence in 1948. Getting back to the subject in hand, it is most disappointing to note that, no matter what *BRITSPEAK* has to say on the matter, and taking just one example, to avoid writing a book about Her Majesty’s language, let us now delve into the word LABOUR. ...
Sep 20, 2020
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Sri Lankan born Actor Ranjeet Singh – British Sitcom ‘Mind Your Language’ – By Des Kelly Needs no other introduction except to say that he was born in Sri Lanka and made his mark as an actor in Britain. Ranjeet Singh achieved something that few other Asian Actors even residing in England, would have attempted, leave alone achieved. A man of many parts, he will always be remembered as someone who was a natural born Comedian who made millions of people laugh out loud, and this is his story. ...
Sep 17, 2020
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“P.M.G’s OFFICE, COLOMBO FORT” – By Des Kelly Yet another wonderful article to be shared with all of you, who are members of eLanka. This superb building in the very heart of Colombo Fort, holds special memories for “your’s truly”, as well, because it was here that the girl of my dreams worked as a Stenographer in the 1950’s. It was from one of those windows (upstairs), that she first saw the Queen of England, Elizabeth ll, making her way into Queen’s House (where else ?), which was practically opposite the P,M,G’s building. Her Majesty was in a magnificent car of course, with her husband, but they were deliberately being driven very slowly, so the adoring crowds could catch a glimpse of them. Cynthia Georgesz, one of my girlfriends at the time, told me that she was very lucky indeed to be able to see our Monarch quite clearly, ...
Sep 16, 2020
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“ROYAL CEYLON NAVY, THEN, SRI LANKAN NAVY, NOW” – By Des Kelly 1953, in Ceylon, I had just turned 17 years of age, still living with my family at No.38 Lorensz Road, Bambalapitiya, jobless, after just having toured the Island with an English Circus Troupe whose owners wanted to “adopt” me, then take me around the World with them. I was more than happy to go along simply because there is NOTHING more showbizzy than “Circus”, & I had enjoyed every single minute of my time with them, but although Dad was willing to let me go, Mum refused point blank, to sign the necessary papers, so there it was, her decision was always the final one in our family, but here I WAS,, a grown man, looking for a job, impossible to get, as I wasn’t an University graduate or anything even close to that. This was ...
Sep 15, 2020
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“REMEMBERING CLARENCE” – By Des Kelly He was certainly one of the very best Singer/ Songwriters that Sri Lanka was proud to call their own. Clarence Wijewardena wrote many songs, most of them, at the request of friends who, in turn, had friends wishing to record a “Clarence-song”. This writer was already in Australia, when Clarence wrote a song entitled “Dilhani”, dedicated to the baby- daughter of yet another friend, no doubt. It wasn’t known to many folk that Clarence wrote his song-lyrics in a simple exercise book, that most Sri Lankans would remember as a relic of their School days. He wrote many songs, so there were many exercise books, and in addition, at the beginning of each song, being a Catholic, he would also write a special little prayer, asking God to help him complete the ...
Sep 14, 2020
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