Things we say: January 2009 Archives

Suppertime!

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Here's a possible Yorkism for your consideration:

What do you call the three meals you eat each day?

Breakfast, I think we can all agree on. But what do you eat at midday? What do you eat in the evening? You get bonus points if for you, like in my family, it differs based on day of the week.

Post your comments... in a couple of days, I'll tell you what our family's meal names are.

Just for fun, here's a Lego version of the Last Supper from The Brick Testament.

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Another go-round

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GoBoardBig.jpgRemember that right after Christmas, I asked about the use of a go of something - a go of chili, a go of iced tea - instead of saying a full container of it?

Well, my contention was that it's short for a go-around. I haven't been able to prove or disprove that, but Mark helpfully checked in from Austria to let me know that it's something he hears a lot from his English and Irish coworkers, and he added that he's heard it all around the U.S. So, it might not be a true "Yorkism," though again, I'd say it qualifies because even if it's not ONLY done here, it's done a lot here.

Hubby, meanwhile, took that post and went crazy on his critique of "Go, Dog, Go." Jo tried to help me look up "a go," but crashed her computer instead. (Sorry, Jo!)

So it looks like the origin of this phrase might go down as one of the great mysteries of this blog. Sorry I can't provide any more info!

(And since Hubby was so opposed to my last image depicting the concept of "Go," I present in this post a "Go" game board. Is that better?)


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