One learns something new every day

Aug 13, 2006 16:51

Unfortunately, today I learned that my name has become cockney rhyming slang for a part of the female anatomyI don't understand it at all. I mean to say that I understand the rhyme, but how did I never hear of this? And how on earth did it catch on? It must have been after Mrs Thatcher's ignominious behaviour as I sincerely doubt the Surveyor of ( Read more... )

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ada_col August 14 2006, 00:08:23 UTC
Aah! My bleeding eyes! I did not need to see those lists. I really didn't. And what kind of person would refer to a vagina as a "fur tea-cup" anyway. I'm all for tea, but that's just sick!

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rose_of_america August 17 2006, 14:43:40 UTC
Oh dear! I always say that I want to learn modern slang, so that I may understand what the "kidz" are saying these days, but this...well, I don't think I could really ever use these words. Tuna taco?!

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madame_sullivan August 18 2006, 21:37:11 UTC
Slang...phaugh! I prefer, as always, the proper Latin terms. And I don't care for men who do not understand them.
Though I just might consider teaching some handsome young man the...aforesaid proper terms

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rose_of_america August 18 2006, 22:26:03 UTC
Yes. A man who does not have the basic education in literature, mathematics, and foreign languages would be a terrible bore.
There are handsome young men in this community? Your eyes must be deceiving you, Madame, for I have been searching fruitlessly for such creatures for quite a while.

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