"He's a young twenty-year old"
Are you calling me a liar then? He said something about "50 states plus Alaska and Hawaii" which i half read, which I'd have thought would be understandable having been awake around 30 hours to and from Belfast. Obviously though, you've decided you of know my propensity to lie and my lack of geographical pointless info... which given your obvious gift for spotting these sort of things, you should really tell "micls" because shes under the impression that i'm a sad git who knows far too much useless information... speaking of which...
The phrase comes from music, with the reasoning I explained. You don't usually "play" a judgment. I know what the phrase is used for in everyday English, thank you. Phrases usually have specialised meanings which catch on in general use until eventually people don't even question them any more, e.g.:Originally Posted by paul_oshea
"Cut to the chase" - film (chase scenes were, and are, favoured moments of action movies. in the days before speech when a child-packed audience didn't care about plot scenes and was getting restless, hosts would swap in the chase reel of the film.)
"on the fly" - flight (pilots have given us plenty of phrases and this is one - it is deviating from the planned flight path, "on the fly(ight)")
"cut the mustar(d)" - military (at muster, troops are inspected by commanders. not making the cut in a muster is a mark of disgrace for an unfit soldier.)
"the third degree" - masonic (masons are quizzed before achieving the third degree)
"bottom line" - accounting (the last figure is usually denoted by being underlined three times)
"p*ss like a racehorse" - horse training (racehorses are sometimes given diuretics to force them to become dehydrated and lose weight)
"look a gift horse in the mouth" - horse trading (the older a horse is, the further its gums shrink back from its teeth)
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"He's a young twenty-year old"
does anyone know where sideburns came from? well ill tell ye, the term is a corruption of Ae Burnside, a union general in the US Civil War. He was more famed for his distinguishing whiskers than his abillities on the battlefield. the term burnsides was originally used but 10 years later it inexplicably reversed and was then known as sideburns.
you are more than welcome. However, I wasn't telling you, I was just making a point. I am pretty confident you knew what context it was used in.I know what the phrase is used for in everyday English, thank you
Oh and I was joking saying no you didnt, it was meant in reference to the younger years where one person would say something and then everyone else would say "no you didnt!". I thought from the general stuff I had been saying earlier that would have come across pretty clearly
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
I have also met people who say "pass mustard" instead of "pass muster"
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Ad on the radio at the moment about some newspaper that is more refreshing than an
The coffee is called espresso - there's no 'X'!expresso
Although this is a mistake that occurs so often it's probably come to be accepted as a valid pronunciation/spelling of the beverage.
Like with 'nucular' instead of 'nuclear' - if the President of the United States AND Jack Bauer pronounce a word the same way you have to wonder if everyone else should just fall in line.
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You'd somtimes hear Alex Ferguson referred to as Alec Ferguson, actually.
thats how the scots say it stu ( well the Scots-Scots ).
having said that you often hear alec baldwin.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
Misinterpreted lyrics of songs can also cause havoc.
Jimi Hendrix famous tune "Purple Haze" has a line:
"Scuse me - while I kiss the sky" .....cue riff.
I read of someone who thought it was "Scuse me - while I kiss this guy" ....cue laughter !!!
Quoting years at random since 1975
Was watching University Challenge one time - the question was something like "Complete the following phrase - Oh what a tangled web we weave..." I always thought that was "When first we practice to conceive", until the teams corrected me and gave the answer as "When first we practice to deceive"
Prefer my version though.
In that case, you often hear Alec Ferguson referred to as Alex Ferguson.Originally Posted by paul-oshea
Last edited by pineapple stu; 02/05/2007 at 12:56 PM.
But that is what he abbreviates his name to.having said that you often hear alec baldwin.
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Well, that went over my head anyway.
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All of this has happened before. All of it will happen again.
I've heard Brake tubes instead of brake shoes,
Karachi instead of Karcher (power washers),
Laxadaisy instead of laxadasical
and Water Lube instead of Auto Lube
[QUOTE=finlma;677726]Well spotted Jerry - that add is very annoying. Its for the Clare People - they're a bit slow down there.
As oppose to the speed of thought that prevails in Galway.
Baby wipe anyone
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