The English Language...

Gerbil-Man · 06-12-2008

We have all heard them and we all have either laughed or hated them, there are certain things that do not go together:

" I dont give a rats ass"

Who'd wanna recive one?

"She'll bendover backwards to please you"

now we are gettin somewhere

**partyprobe** · 06-12-2008

IM lost what are we suppose to talk about.

**Corwin** · 06-12-2008

So what, are we talking about English euphemisms and cliché sayings that just sound wrong and no one seems to know or understand the origin of anymore?

Gerbil-Man · 06-12-2008

pretty much

**partyprobe** · 06-12-2008

That doesnt help me lol. Why would you create a thread that nobody knows what to do in lol.

Gerbil-Man · 06-12-2008

because i had a lapse in thought ok!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Corwin** · 06-12-2008

I know what's he talking about, old sayings like "once in a blue moon" or "slicker than a greased pig" they're just odd sayings, colloquialism's and aphorism's that have worked there way into the English language. Some of them still make sense, and some of them we can sort of understand how they came into being, but some of them are just so odd, we use them out of reflex b/c we've heard them used in context by someone else while growing up, so we know when to use it, and sort of what it means, but we don't really understand many of them, I know several but I can't seem to get them off the tip of my tongue right now, or in this case the tip of my fingers, I guess I'll see how I'm doing tomorrow w/ them

**partyprobe** · 06-12-2008

So we should post sayings like ''i almost bought the farm'' or ''he shook hands with the reaper''

**Corwin** · 06-12-2008

yes, exactly, saying like that, I imagine he wanted a little more to the topic as well, like a discussion of where the sayings come from, and what relevance they actually have anymore in conversation, but we'll have to wait and ask him