That's every urban dictionary entry.
― jmm, Thursday, 20 June 2019 13:04 (four years ago) link
cool beans went big with cheech and chong i think
― mark s, Thursday, 20 June 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
This right here is peak urban dictionary tho:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=challop
― Sassy Boutonnière (ledriver), Friday, 21 June 2019 05:12 (four years ago) link
Cool bananas is Australian slang, has been around since at least the 70s, but has perhaps only recently debuted in the rest of the anglosphere
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 21 June 2019 05:17 (four years ago) link
The use of “myself” and “yourself” when “me”/“I” or “you” would do the trick.
― michaellambert, Friday, 21 June 2019 06:09 (four years ago) link
Gaun yerself, big man.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Friday, 21 June 2019 06:22 (four years ago) link
weve done this
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 21 June 2019 06:29 (four years ago) link
I blame The Apprentice UK.
― suzy, Friday, 21 June 2019 06:32 (four years ago) link
i blame people of celtic extraction
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 21 June 2019 06:35 (four years ago) link
Like michaellambert.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Friday, 21 June 2019 06:36 (four years ago) link
take the blame away from michaellambert and what have you?
michaelrt
michael RT
hes a plant sent to sow division
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 21 June 2019 11:36 (four years ago) link
so says meself anyway
OTM yourself.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Friday, 21 June 2019 12:10 (four years ago) link
once saw one of those custom painted bug shields you can get for your child molester van and it said "HIMSELF" (including the quotation marks) in green with shamrocks on either side
― forensic plumber (harbl), Friday, 21 June 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
little enough of that makes any sense but as its yourself im happy to operate on trust
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 21 June 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link
like this but "HIMSELF"https://sep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-43538418999218/bug-shield-lettering-2.gif
― forensic plumber (harbl), Friday, 21 June 2019 22:55 (four years ago) link
[statement.] full stop.
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 June 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
Did “cool runnings” fall out of favor because of the movie?
― If I were a POLL I’d be Zinging (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 22 June 2019 02:08 (four years ago) link
I have never heard the phrase “cool runnings” in a context unrelated to the movie
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Saturday, 22 June 2019 05:03 (four years ago) link
I should have been clearer, no issue with celtic-extraction variants such as “yersel’”. It’s the faux-formal Apprentice UK form that grates.
― michaellambert, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
"asking for a friend"
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 28 June 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
"Best (whatever) in town, go!"
― Das Leben ist klein Ponyhof (doo dah), Friday, 28 June 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
(Someone looking for recommendations, I mean)
― Das Leben ist klein Ponyhof (doo dah), Friday, 28 June 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
― michaellambert, Thursday, June 20, 2019 11:09 PM (one week ago) Bookmark
no no no no no no no no no
― VAR me to the end of yawn (jim in vancouver), Friday, 28 June 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
the most common examples of such usage is due to the use of reflexive pronouns nominatively in irish gaelic (and maybe scottish gaelic, I'm not 100% sure, though they do use reflexive pronouns for emphasis sometimes in scottish gaelic) and that influence on the lovely hebridean and scots english tongues
https://www.catholic.org/files/images/saints/419.jpg
― VAR me to the end of yawn (jim in vancouver), Friday, 28 June 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
sorry, hibernian, hebridean and scots english tongues was what i meant to write there
― VAR me to the end of yawn (jim in vancouver), Friday, 28 June 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
jim its ok ourselves got it earlier jist now
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:42 (four years ago) link
who's the spaceman
― mark s, Friday, 28 June 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link
Cloistered
― maffew12, Friday, 28 June 2019 18:18 (four years ago) link
'a word in edgeways/edgewise'
― meaulnes, Monday, 1 July 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
The influence of Celtic languages on English is a fascinating topic! On top of reflexive pronouns, you have the use of the continuous present for simple present (describing present actions by saying "I'm working" vs "I work") likely comes from Celtic, as does our preference for tag questions and meaningless do (saying "do you have a pet?" instead of "have you a pet?").
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 1 July 2019 15:29 (four years ago) link
No one except the very posh says "have you a pet?" though. For some reason brevity doesn't win and people prefer to say "have you got a pet?".
― Alba, Monday, 1 July 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
Sorry, I misread your point. You're right: I'm as likely to say "do you have a pet?" as "have you got a pet?" though with the former I'd probably be stressing the "you" or "have" depending on context.
― Alba, Monday, 1 July 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
does one pet
― mark s, Monday, 1 July 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link
That is an elegant solution
― Alba, Monday, 1 July 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
"Do ye huv a pet, yersel, big yin?"
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Monday, 1 July 2019 17:35 (four years ago) link
"Strongman" hey journos have you ever thought about NOT encouraging its use?
― nashwan, Monday, 1 July 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
"Hunk" is an acceptable alternative
― Alba, Monday, 1 July 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
Yeah, prior to the Celtic influence it *was* normal (or rather, unmarked) in English to say "have you an X?" because the "do you have an X?" construction didn't exist in English. It's still intelligible to English speakers but is very strongly marked as either archaic or posh.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 1 July 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
this is funny:
"I GOT on Horseback within ten Minutes after I received your Letter. When I GOT to Canterbury I GOT a Chaise for Town. But I GOT wet through before I GOT to Canterbury, and I HAVE GOT such a Cold as I shall not be able to GET rid of in a Hurry. I GOT to the Treasury about Noon, but first of all I GOT shaved and drest. I soon GOT into the Secret of GETTING a Memorial before the Board, but I could not GET an Answer then, however I GOT Intelligence from the Messenger that I should most likely GET one the next Morning. As soon as I GOT back to my Inn, I GOT my Supper, and GOT to Bed, it was not long before I GOT to Sleep. When I GOT up in the Morning, I GOT my Breakfast, and then GOT myself drest, that I might GET out in Time to GET an Answer to my Memorial. As soon as I GOT it, I GOT into the Chaise, and GOT to Canterbury by three: and about Tea Time, I GOT Home. I HAVE GOT No thing particular for you, and so Adieu." [Philip Withers, "Aristarchus, or the Principles of Composition," London, 1789, illustrating the widespread use of the verb in Modern English]
― mark s, Monday, 1 July 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
prior to the Celtic influence...
iow, chalk it up to imperialist blowback
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 1 July 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
Not sure I buy this 'Celtic influence' argument tbh. Sure, it's there in the West of Scotland but I'm not convinced it's even there in the East of Scotland, let alone the Anglosphere at large.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Monday, 1 July 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
The linguistic argument is that no parallel construction exists in other Germanic languages (or even Romance) but is very much present in Celtic languages. So you have to consider what is more likely: it arose spontaneously in English but no other languages in the Germanic family, or it is a result of exposure to and transference from Celtic languages. The former is rare, the latter is very common.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 1 July 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
have you a drink
will you have a drink
do you take a drink
are you having a drink
drink, pet?
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Monday, 1 July 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
this is good stuff f. hazel btw will you take yr own thread just now
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Monday, 1 July 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
I blame the Welsh, in that case.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Monday, 1 July 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
would endorse xp
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 1 July 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
Likewise!
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 July 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
Is it that you have a pet? mainly Fr.
― Alba, Monday, 1 July 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
i blame the picts
― mark s, Monday, 1 July 2019 18:50 (four years ago) link