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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: out of kilter #15654 01/19/01 05:07 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A "I had cause to think of the word again today when reading Anu's AWADmail Issue 25 in which Bradley Perkins was quoted as writing: 'The reason I noticed it is that my mother has a peculiar habit, which she passed on to me, of alphabetizing the letters of words that she reads, as just a "mental fidget" ("aelmnt defgit").' I couldn't work out whether the reference in the one sentence to his mother and something I would pronounce as "ailment deaf git" was deliberate or not." Am i just easily amused, or are you guys witty as heck?? Either way, thanks for the giggles. bridget=) Ipsa scientia potestas est ~Bacon Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: git #15655 01/19/01 07:31 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 git Noun. An idiot or contemptible person. Although more commonly used, it is a variation of 'get'. Derog (UK Slang) get Noun. An idiot, a despicable person. Cf. 'git'. http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/ Under the expletives thread, we discussed that the sound of the word has more to do with its success as an expletive than the meaning of the word. "Git" is a good example of a word which sounds aggressive, just because of the combination of letters. Although it is derogatory, the word has been reclaimed and sanitised to a certain extent, particularly in the context of "old git". I have heard people saying "I'm becoming an old git" or "We're becoming old gits". I suspect that the generation that thought of their elders as old gits are now realising that they are now becoming their parents! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: git #15656 01/19/01 05:37 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 now becoming their parents! I reckon it was almost completely re-invented for new generations by The Old Gits by Harry Enfield. Now there is one contemporary comedian with a true ear for speech patterns - unerring! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: git #15657 01/19/01 05:59 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Harry Enfield. Now there is one contemporary comedian with a true ear for speech patterns - unerring! Could you give us a few examples? It's a new name to me. Is he solely a UK comedian? wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,328 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 939 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,539 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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