Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#25
|
|||
|
|||
Bad winter coming - Exacta weather
In article ,
Ophelia wrote: "Malcolm" wrote in message ... It's being so cheerful as keeps 'em going. lol long time since I've heard that ITMA Not that far back but it was certainly in use when I was growing up Dear Ophelia, you are clearly not old enough to remember ITMA! The phrase is *definitely* that far back, and *definitely* ITMA. It was a catchphrase from Mona Lott, a dressed laundry woman. Martin has just posted some more from ITMA. LOL I reckon you would be wrong g I suspect it just wasn't something my parents listened to I've heard people use that when I was a child and obviously that is where they got it from ;p Actually, I think that it is older than ITMA, but its widespread popularity dates from ITMA. That is certainly true for some of the other phrases, such as "I don't mind if I do" and "Can I do you now, Sir?" I managed to get one change into the OED where they had fallen into the trap of assigning a phrase to the author who popularised it and not the originator. "To damn with faint praise" is actually Wycherley, and Pope picked it up. But I suspect that the vast majority of attributions are to the populariser and not the actual originator, based on what I have seen happen in the past half century. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Nostalgia A thread unravelling from Bad weather coming. | United Kingdom |