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Keeping Up AppearancesPlease let me go off topic for just a second. We used to love a show with Mrs. Bouquet (Bucket) and "our" Rose! What was the title? Please!!!
Keeping Up AppearancesPlease let me go off topic for just a second. We used to love a show with Mrs. Bouquet (Bucket) and "our" Rose! What was the title? Please!!!
..and that's precisely what they mean here Star....Whatever their origins they don't mean that in the US.
Being some 5500+ miles from GB those words are considered no more of a curse than rats, shucks, darn, holy cow, jeepers-creepers, etc., and are decidedly more fun to say.
Obviously, your mileage will vary.
Hmmm. I'll have to pay attention to what programs I hear that used in and where the setting is supposed to be. I've not heard it said in real life, but I've had very limited conversation with anyone in UK.yep our .. as in a member of our family.. Our Mary will be coming home.. or our Mary will fetch that.. our Mary will like that gift... again, not said in every part of the UK.. most often in the North of the UK... even parts of Ireland...
Yes…when they’re paid attention to! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve almost been T-boned at the intersection that leads out of our subdivision because some maniac is insistent on running their red light even though I have the green. I NEVER pull out before looking because of that!Roundabouts, what a horror show. I've heard that the theory for having roundabouts is so to eliminate traffic signals...no!!! Traffic signals are the only rational, easily understandable controls for traffic intersections.
it just means..stunned.. or shocked into silence...I haven't read the entire thread. I'm wondering if anyone has mentioned "Gob smacked" or actually been Gob smacked? Sounds painful.
A long, long time ago we used to say in the Canadian Navy: Shut your gob! I haven't heard that expression in ages, I wonder if it is still being used?I haven't read the entire thread. I'm wondering if anyone has mentioned "Gob smacked" or actually been Gob smacked? Sounds painful.
I have heard it occasionally in the US, not often though.Shut your gob!
when I was a kid in Scotland it was a phrase that was used by almost everyone .. I've been gone from Scotland for close to 50 years so I've no idea if it's still in use...A long, long time ago we used to say in the Canadian Navy: Shut your gob! I haven't heard that expression in ages, I wonder if it is still being used?
I thought you were interested in Etymology …hence my providing the correct information… obviously you are not!Whatever their origins they don't mean that in the US.
Being some 5500+ miles from GB those words are considered no more of a curse than rats, shucks, darn, holy cow, jeepers-creepers, etc., and are decidedly more fun to say.
Obviously, your mileage will vary.
Physiotherapy here too...I just read in a book about someone having "physical therapy " (The U.S.) while we in Canada (the Maritimes?) always referred to it as "Physio Therapy!"
How about the U.K.?
Whoa! Why the hostility? My response wasn't about the origins of the words but rather about your comment, "Not all British people use these words. I don't!" From your exclamation point, I detected a certain, um, superiority about not using those expressions.I thought you were interested in Etymology …hence my providing the correct information… obviously you are not!
Using a word in a different country does not change its meaning!!
Whoa! Why the hostility? My response wasn't about the origins of the words but rather about your comment, "Not all British people use these words. I don't!" From your exclamation point, I detected a certain, um, superiority about not using those expressions.
As for using a word in a different country not changing its original meaning, I beg to differ. You say boot, we say trunk. If I told an American friend, "Hang on, I have something in my boot," she'd expect me to pull my footwear off rather than head to the back of my car.
Language is a tool of communication. If all in the conversation agree on a word's meaning, then language has done it's job. Blimey and Crikey don't hold original UK meanings in the US. Not sure they ever did.
BTW, your exclamation points communicate a lot of attitude, at least in the US. Perhaps they have a different meaning in the UK.
Using a word in a different country does not change its meaning!!
I bet you know what a gash bucket was, right.? Did you go through Cornwallis ? I was there in 1962 as a Sea Cadet, we were in the old WW2 H huts down by the water. Up at 5 AM and doubling to the galley, before the regs ate. Jimb.A long, long time ago we used to say in the Canadian Navy: Shut your gob! I haven't heard that expression in ages, I wonder if it is still being used?
Yep, went through Cornwallis four years ahead of you. We were in the buildings up on top, in Fraser Division! Nice to hear from another matelot!I bet you know what a gash bucket was, right.? Did you go through Cornwallis ? I was there in 1962 as a Sea Cadet, we were in the old WW2 H huts down by the water. Up at 5 AM and doubling to the galley, before the regs ate. Jimb.
I later joined the Royal Canadian Regiment, 2nd Battalion and served for ten years in various places in Canada and in Cyprus, and West Germany. I am old enough to remember when the RCN had 2 carriers, Maggie and Bonny. JimB.Yep, went through Cornwallis four years ahead of you. We were in the buildings up on top, in Fraser Division! Nice to hear from another matelot!
You were probably stationed in Soest, Germany! Along with my brother-in-law! The RCR were in London, Ont. when I first arrived in Canada! Would that have been your battalion?I later joined the Royal Canadian Regiment, 2nd Battalion and served for ten years in various places in Canada and in Cyprus, and West Germany. I am old enough to remember when the RCN had 2 carriers, Maggie and Bonny. JimB.
Why on earth stop busy traffic lanes with lights when roundabouts just let the traffic flow naturally?Roundabouts, what a horror show. I've heard that the theory for having roundabouts is so to eliminate traffic signals...no!!! Traffic signals are the only rational, easily understandable controls for traffic intersections.
They have them in Greece and call them a concrete hole in the floor. The art is not missing.we have those in some places.. but they're still called Bathrooms..
Roundabouts, what a horror show. I've heard that the theory for having roundabouts is so to eliminate traffic signals...no!!! Traffic signals are the only rational, easily understandable controls for traffic intersections.