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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Greedy gus or guts #172246 12/23/2007 2:01 PM Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1 fajrdrako stranger fajrdrako stranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1 I recently used the phrase "greedy gus" in a story I wrote set in England. (I am Canadian.) An English reader told me that the phrase was really "greedy guts". Since I had always heard it as "greedy gus", or probably "Greedy Gus", I tried looking it up, and found both usages in different sources. Is this a difference in British and American language? If so, I find the British version more logical - and the American version more colourful. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Greedy gus or guts fajrdrako #172247 12/23/2007 3:51 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Welcome I too had always heard it as "greedy gus", and I'm in my 78th dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Greedy gus or guts dalehileman #172250 12/23/2007 6:38 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont gus here. welcome, faj! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Greedy gus or guts Buffalo Shrdlu #172251 12/23/2007 6:48 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh OED1 cites greedy-gut(s) from 1550 for 'glutton'. DARE only has greedy-gut(s). (The UK version, 16th-18th century, is without the final s; the US 20th century is more likely to have the fional s.) Greedy Gus sounds to me like an eggcorn. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Greedy gus or guts zmjezhd #172253 12/23/2007 8:53 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont makes sense. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Greedy gus or guts Buffalo Shrdlu #172268 12/24/2007 2:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York And here I'd just assumed it was some old comic strip character. Thanks for the info, Nuncle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Greedy gus or guts AnnaStrophic #172283 12/25/2007 9:13 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I've always heard guts. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website 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

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