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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: bluey (Oz) #13519 01/09/01 10:12 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia B Bridget addict Bridget addict B Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia I suspect the origins for all of these (and this style of humour) are found in Lunnon English. Earlier and further north, surely? Wasn't Little John the biggest of Robin Hood's men? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Virgin Blue #13520 01/09/01 10:14 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia B Bridget addict Bridget addict B Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia why would you buy a ticket to fly somewhere on an airline whose very name guarantees it won't go all the way? The cheap Australian alternative is to travel on Impulse. I'm not sure this is much more reassuring. (and BTW Bluey is in no danger of dying out. Believe me, I know - my stepson is red-headed!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bluey (Oz) #13521 01/09/01 10:21 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 3 Netherlands P possum stranger possum stranger P Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 3 Netherlands I don't think the word "Bluey" is dying out - my youngest children, aged 3 and 4, recently were given a ginger kitten, and were allowed to choose his name themselves. Yup you guessed it: "Blue". Maybe it is intrinsic to human nature to choose opposites as names - when asked by Dutch friends to explain why the cat is called Blue, they shrug and say "He's red, so he's 'Blue' " Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Virgin Blue #13522 01/09/01 12:23 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 airline whose very name guarantees it won't go all the way? Oh, no wow! The name merely guarantees that it hasn't been there before. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bluey (Oz) #13523 01/09/01 12:26 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 I suspect the origins for all of these (and this style of humour) are found in Lunnon English. Could be so, but the only usage of "blue" that I am aware of is C19 thieves cant for lead (ve metal, not wot yer puts rahnd ve neck of yer dawg!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Virgin Trains #13524 01/09/01 12:38 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 >The name merely guarantees that it hasn't been there before. Sounds very apt for the trains then, if not the aeroplanes! 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 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 Topics13,915 Posts229,878 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 212 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 24 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,891 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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