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- Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:44 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Children's toy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 55
Re: Children's toy
Steve, what do they call it in that advert?
- Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:28 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Children's toy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 55
Re: Children's toy
You may see similar things in outdoor playgrounds (probably monitored by some over anxious adult wearing a high-vis vest and carrying a bundle of bubble wrap). These things, designed for children to climb on, were commonly called "monkey bars" or a "jungle gym".
- Mon Mar 01, 2021 2:35 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: too many
- Replies: 2
- Views: 165
Re: too many
I like "b." If I was using t "a", I'd probably say "a few yards too far away" rather than "a few yards too many away". Not sure if that's correct, but it's just how it works...in my head.
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:32 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Out of one's skin
- Replies: 3
- Views: 327
Re: Out of one's skin
I'm only familiar with the "jumping/leaping out" versions, but Mentalfloss.com has this to say: 6. OUT OF ONE'S SKIN English really itches to let you know exactly where we stand in relation to skin. We can jump or leap out of it when we’re excited. We can fly out of it when we get really angry. And ...
- Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:32 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Pencil trash
- Replies: 5
- Views: 346
Re: Pencil trash
I started wondering what else they could be called. I tried "pencil shards" but didn't find anyone in that camp. It seems that more than a few people also call them "sharpenings".
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:59 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: so as to make me fall
- Replies: 2
- Views: 244
Re: so as to make me fall
"He tried to knock me down but he did not succeed"... no one is confused, at all.
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:02 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Able to purchase
- Replies: 3
- Views: 490
Re: Able to purchase
"But this is all you are able to purchase / buy" could imply that the product was unavailable for some reason (it was out of stock, you could not find it, it has been discontinued, not legal in your area). The original quote is very specific... you simply did not have the money.
- Sat Feb 06, 2021 5:35 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Fetch
- Replies: 6
- Views: 866
Re: Fetch
... or in the idiom "fetch and carry", meaning to perform mindless, grunt-work for someone else. Come to think of it, that's probably how the dog views it when you just throw away a stick and tell him to go and get it.
- Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:40 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: on three occasions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1346
Re: on three occasions
Does Tom have any other advice for us?
- Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:41 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Volume on scents
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1725
Re: Volume on scents
Fremdschämen. Now I have a name for the feeling I get when I watch karaoke. It always amazes me that, seemingly normal people find it entertaining. They'll often say "Don't worry...you don't have to get up there if you don't want to", completely missing the point. It is not fear of embarrassing myse...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:19 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: for the better
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1888
Re: for the better
It's for the best/worst is commonly heard, around here.
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:02 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Buck his sets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1592
Re: Buck his sets
I can't make much sense out of either of those. It is possible that this conversation was misheard and transcribed incorrectly. "Buck his sets" could be about "cassettes" (that's what the photo is)...maybe buck cassettes (cassettes that cost a dollar)?
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:30 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Silver singles
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2548
Re: Silver singles
SilverSingles is an online dating site for people over 50 years of age. Silver (haired) singles.
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:52 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: House bridge
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2977
Re: House bridge
We'd call that a "breezeway", around here.
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 5:55 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: waxing nostalgic / lyrical / poetic / philosophical / . . .
- Replies: 29
- Views: 19569