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Old 07-17-2023, 11:00 AM   #1601
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Originally Posted by ekbell View Post
I asked my (Canadian) daughter what she'd expect of something described as 'high' and she said that she'd expect it to be something highfalutin.

So blame 19th century American slang?
My hubby says he's not going to let me hang out with youze guys anymore...for some days now, I keep walking 'round the joint and breaking out into laughs/giggles, saying "posh chairs..."

LOLOL. That one may stick with me a looooooooooooong time.

Highfalutin' is up there too. I like that one! And I agree...if I heard that, without decades of Brit reading under my belt, I would probably think something similar. Pretty sure I ENVER would have come up with the chairs thing, though. That? That takes something we should call DI. Dumb Intelligence--the Oxymoron.

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