Today I Learned - Page 19

DanaC · 10-27-2015, 06:54 AM

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I haven't gat a Scooby, shortened from I haven't got a Scooby Do, meaning clue.
I'm Hank Marvin. (Shadows guitar player) meaning I'm starving.
You're having a Giraffe mate. meaning you're having a laugh..

The Hank Marvin one was used recently in an advert for some food or other.

*checks youtube*

From Lamp's wiki link:

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In some examples the meaning is further obscured by adding a second iteration of rhyme and truncation to the original rhymed phrase. For example, the word "Aris" is often used to indicate the buttocks. This is the result of a double rhyme, starting with the original rough synonym "arse", which is rhymed with "bottle and glass", leading to "bottle". "Bottle" was then rhymed with "Aristotle" and truncated to "Aris".[2]

I think that is possibly my favourite example.

I also think the use of scooby, for clue is a great example that shows how dynamic this form of slang is - it isn't all from the days of cockney barrow boys, this stuff just sticks.

Griff · 10-27-2015, 07:08 AM

Over the weekend I learned that Lil' Griff's roommate thinks we're hippies. At least we're not dirty hippies...

DanaC · 10-27-2015, 07:09 AM

Hahahahahaha. Get a fucking haircut, hippy!

glatt · 10-27-2015, 08:45 AM

Ha! I can see that. I mean, you live on a commune and do your own stuff.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2015, 01:22 PM

One.. uh, two of the hippies who matured without selling out, rare as hen's teeth.

Gravdigr · 10-27-2015, 03:52 PM

Today I learned that a cobbler does not build new shoes. A cobbler repairs old shoes, and/or builds shoes out of old leather. The person who makes new shoes out of new leather is called a cordwainer.

DanaC · 10-27-2015, 04:03 PM

Oh so that's what a cordwainer does. I see it listed sometimes as an occupation in enlistment records and for some reason have never googled it. I knew it involved working with leather - because of references in trials to thefts of leather from cordwainers - but didn't know it was a shoemaker (mostly I think they just referred to them as shoemakers in the court records, because I've only seen cordwainer a handful of times).

monster · 10-27-2015, 09:43 PM

I knew a cobbler only repaired shoes, but I've never heard of a cordwainer. thanks. (now coming to a scrabble game near you... one day.)

xoxoxoBruce · 10-28-2015, 12:00 AM

Are archaic words allowed in Scrabble?

limey · 10-28-2015, 05:36 AM

Yea, yea and verily!

classicman · 10-28-2015, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Today I learned that sugar is not soluble in water - AT ALL.

Totally screwed that up - lol See how upset I am. - Take two:

Today I learned that sugar is not soluble in ALCOHOL - AT ALL.
This is making my limoncello recipe changes very difficult to address.

I have been making limoncello from an old recipe for some time now. I am trying to make it clearer (less opague is that correct?)
Now what do I do? Methinks I will further decrease the sugar.
What do you all think - Does it being cloudy alter your opinion of it at all?
I've actually inquired with a local distillery and ... who knows.
I'd love to get some feedback

classicman · 10-28-2015, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Over the weekend I learned that Lil' Griff's roommate thinks we're hippies.

Were you doubting that at some point?

Griff · 10-28-2015, 06:08 PM

hmmm... Now you're making me wonder.

Aliantha · 10-28-2015, 06:31 PM

Classic, any limoncello I have ever had has been cloudy. I don't think people care do they? It's about the flavour.

classicman · 10-28-2015, 11:06 PM

See, that's my point. Most of them are sickeningly sweet and cloudy like there's cream in it or something. I made a batch a couple weeks ago and it came out clear. I'm not really sure why. I THINK I did everything the same... Now I want to replicate that as it was clearly my best batch!

10-27-2015, 07:08 AM	#272
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Over the weekend I learned that Lil' Griff's roommate thinks we're hippies. At least we're not dirty hippies... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-27-2015, 01:22 PM	#275
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	One.. uh, two of the hippies who matured without selling out, rare as hen's teeth. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-27-2015, 03:52 PM	#276
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned that a cobbler does not build new shoes. A cobbler repairs old shoes, and/or builds shoes out of old leather. The person who makes new shoes out of new leather is called a cordwainer. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-27-2015, 09:43 PM	#278
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I knew a cobbler only repaired shoes, but I've never heard of a cordwainer. thanks. (now coming to a scrabble game near you... one day.) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-28-2015, 12:00 AM	#279
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Are archaic words allowed in Scrabble? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-27-2015, 08:45 AM	#274
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Ha! I can see that. I mean, you live on a commune and do your own stuff.

10-28-2015, 05:36 AM	#280
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Yea, yea and verily! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-28-2015, 06:08 PM	#283
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	hmmm... Now you're making me wonder. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-28-2015, 06:31 PM	#284
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Classic, any limoncello I have ever had has been cloudy. I don't think people care do they? It's about the flavour. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-28-2015, 11:06 PM	#285
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	See, that's my point. Most of them are sickeningly sweet and cloudy like there's cream in it or something. I made a batch a couple weeks ago and it came out clear. I'm not really sure why. I THINK I did everything the same... Now I want to replicate that as it was clearly my best batch! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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