Colloquialisms [promises to be Unutterably Silly] - Page 14

zelda_pinwheel · 05-27-2008, 02:22 PM

you have noticed that you're in the "colloquialisms" thread, not the "unerring veracities" thread, right ?

badgoodDeb · 05-27-2008, 02:45 PM

Yeah, but I no longer know to whom I am speaking! (writing) ((typing)) What's with the old man thinker avatar!!! Surely you have prettier ones in your closet still.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-27-2008, 03:34 PM

it's been a donkey's age since i posted a colloquialism...

(oh, and the "old man thinker" is Pirandello, absurdist genius and infinitely apropos avatar. he also looks a bit like Uncle Fester, i find, for which i only love him more.)

pshrynk · 05-27-2008, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

it's been a donkey's age since i posted a colloquialism...

(oh, and the "old man thinker" is Pirandello, absurdist genius and infinitely apropos avatar. he also looks a bit like Uncle Fester, i find, for which i only love him more.)

Saw his Henry V in London once with Richard Harris as Henry. Marvelous!

zelda_pinwheel · 05-27-2008, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Saw his Henry V in London once with Richard Harris as Henry. Marvelous!

ha, lucky you... i saw "six characters" once, and it was brilliant.

badgoodDeb · 05-28-2008, 12:33 PM

I saw "42nd Street" in London, in 1987. Would love to know whether I got to see Kathrine Zeta-Jones!

pshrynk · 05-29-2008, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

ha, lucky you... i saw "six characters" once, and it was brilliant.

They don't tend to put on plays that require one to think here in the IceBox. Although the local univ did put on Hair one time. Caused no end of controversy and packed houses every night.

Some of those coeds were ineluctable.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-04-2008, 07:35 AM

i saw "pony up" in another thread here. from the context, i'm guessing it means "pay" (correct me if i'm wrong). i love it and will absolutely be using it whenever possible.

Mindy · 06-04-2008, 08:39 AM

Going to wade in with a few Scots ones here. If you can 'think' them in the accent, perfect, otherwise just laugh at yourself trying to say them:

One of mum's most used is "what's for ye'll no' go by ye" meaning what's meant to be will be.

The Glaswegian fixation with referring to anything good as "pure dead brilliant". Glaswegians also use "hen" as a term of endearment.

The Aberdonian fixation of referring to the temperature as "Baltic" if it's cold (which it usually is, frequently raining cats and dogs and hailing golfballs). Common Aberdonian greeting is "fit like, min" equating roughly to "how are you?"

Aberdeen and north refers to pretty girls as "bonny quines" (pronounced 'kwine'), children are "bairns" and very young children are "peedie bairns".

My own tendency (from mixed locations) to refer to another room as being "through the house", even when I'm not actually in a house.

"Scunnered" is another good one, meaning worn out or tired, similar to knackered. Often used as in "I'm fair scunnered the day" ('the day' is often used in place of 'today')

As regards the death-related ones, I'm most familiar with 'dead as a dodo'.
Anyone interested in drunk as a skunk?

montsnmags · 06-04-2008, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mindy

...
As regards the death-related ones, I'm most familiar with 'dead as a dodo'.
Anyone interested in drunk as a skunk?

Pissed as a newt.
Completely rat-arsed.
Blotto.
As full as a goog.

or

Dry as a dead dingo's donger.
Dry as a nun's nasty.
Dry as a pommy's towel.
Flat out like a lizard drinkin'.
As cross as a frog in a sock.

Cheers,
Marc

zelda_pinwheel · 06-04-2008, 08:53 AM

as cross as a frog in a sock !!! i'm going to go annoy someone right now, just so i can call them "as cross as a frog in a sock" afterwards.

(and, more scottish colloquialisms, please !!!)

GeoffC · 06-04-2008, 10:25 AM

Well, I'll gu to foot 'f ar stairs, afore I gu to bak of 'r 'ouse.

Chuck it in back...

RWood · 06-04-2008, 10:31 AM

"Happy as a clam"

Although I am not too sure how happy the clams are in my chowder.

pshrynk · 06-04-2008, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

"Happy as a clam"

Although I am not too sure how happy the clams are in my chowder.

I've always heard it as "Happy as a clam in mud." So that may explain the chowder thing.

vivaldirules · 06-04-2008, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Well, I'll gu to foot 'f ar stairs, afore I gu to bak of 'r 'ouse.

Chuck it in back...

Whoa, Geoff. Does that translate roughly as "I'll go to the foot of them thar stairs before I'll go to the back of our (your?) house."??? And that would mean....?

05-27-2008, 02:22 PM	#196
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	you have noticed that you're in the "colloquialisms" thread, not the "unerring veracities" thread, right ? Last edited by zelda_pinwheel; 05-27-2008 at 02:38 PM.

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05-27-2008, 02:45 PM	#197
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Yeah, but I no longer know to whom I am speaking! (writing) ((typing)) What's with the old man thinker avatar!!! Surely you have prettier ones in your closet still.

05-27-2008, 03:34 PM	#198
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	it's been a donkey's age since i posted a colloquialism... (oh, and the "old man thinker" is Pirandello, absurdist genius and infinitely apropos avatar. he also looks a bit like Uncle Fester, i find, for which i only love him more.)

05-28-2008, 12:33 PM	#201
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I saw "42nd Street" in London, in 1987. Would love to know whether I got to see Kathrine Zeta-Jones!

06-04-2008, 07:35 AM	#203
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i saw "pony up" in another thread here. from the context, i'm guessing it means "pay" (correct me if i'm wrong). i love it and will absolutely be using it whenever possible.

06-04-2008, 08:39 AM	#204
Mindy Away with the Faeries Posts: 483 Karma: 8459 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Sony PRS 650	Going to wade in with a few Scots ones here. If you can 'think' them in the accent, perfect, otherwise just laugh at yourself trying to say them: One of mum's most used is "what's for ye'll no' go by ye" meaning what's meant to be will be. The Glaswegian fixation with referring to anything good as "pure dead brilliant". Glaswegians also use "hen" as a term of endearment. The Aberdonian fixation of referring to the temperature as "Baltic" if it's cold (which it usually is, frequently raining cats and dogs and hailing golfballs). Common Aberdonian greeting is "fit like, min" equating roughly to "how are you?" Aberdeen and north refers to pretty girls as "bonny quines" (pronounced 'kwine'), children are "bairns" and very young children are "peedie bairns". My own tendency (from mixed locations) to refer to another room as being "through the house", even when I'm not actually in a house. "Scunnered" is another good one, meaning worn out or tired, similar to knackered. Often used as in "I'm fair scunnered the day" ('the day' is often used in place of 'today') As regards the death-related ones, I'm most familiar with 'dead as a dodo'. Anyone interested in drunk as a skunk?

06-04-2008, 08:53 AM	#206
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	as cross as a frog in a sock !!! i'm going to go annoy someone right now, just so i can call them "as cross as a frog in a sock" afterwards. (and, more scottish colloquialisms, please !!!)

06-04-2008, 10:25 AM	#207
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Well, I'll gu to foot 'f ar stairs, afore I gu to bak of 'r 'ouse. Chuck it in back...

06-04-2008, 10:31 AM	#208
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	"Happy as a clam" Although I am not too sure how happy the clams are in my chowder.