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Silly Phrases
27-09-2017 2:40 PM
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I thought I'd start another topic (just to lighten the mood ).
I've heard this before, and just seen it on Facebook again.
"I've seen it with my own eyes"
Made me laugh.
Then I think, well how exactly do you see things through someone else's eyes
Any more people can think of?
Re: Silly Phrases
27-09-2017 2:48 PM
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I went to the doc`s last week with my ******** (insert body part, as required) .....
Re: Silly Phrases
27-09-2017 3:04 PM - edited 27-09-2017 3:15 PM
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Re: Silly Phrases
27-09-2017 3:38 PM
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"Never seen it before in my life!"
Unless you believe in reincarnation then the last three words are pointless.
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Re: Silly Phrases
27-09-2017 3:42 PM
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"Well I'll go t't foot of our stairs"
Why?
Re: Silly Phrases
27-09-2017 5:35 PM
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Re: Silly Phrases
27-09-2017 6:24 PM
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@beeceegee wrote:
"Well I'll go t't foot of our stairs"
Why?
It comes from the traumatic childhood memory of being told to go to the bottom step. whennaughty.
Re: Silly Phrases
27-09-2017 6:31 PM
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Aren't a lot of silly phrases a means of emphasis, or expression of surprise?I think they are somewhat also to idiom, in that they do not translate between groups. Just like we say, "raining cats and dogs", whilst Germans call that "Hundewetter".
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27-09-2017 6:55 PM
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I caught a bit of Countdown on C4 yesterday, and Susie Dent (lexicographer) was talking about malaphors (a blend of a malapropism and a metaphor). Here's a selection: http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/05/malaphors/
Re: Silly Phrases
27-09-2017 7:07 PM
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Errm - let me think on that one.
Re: Silly Phrases
27-09-2017 8:31 PM
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@Alex wrote:
I thought I'd start another topic (just to lighten the mood
).
Any more people can think of?
Give us time....... and we`ll get there...
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