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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: fat ladies #4025 07/17/00 12:58 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 I didn't realise that the point of this board was to be right all this time. I'm afraid many of my postings are far too much "stream of consciousness" to be correct all the time. Surely we learn by our mistakes and it is reassuring (and sometimes very amusing) when one of the board's "authorities" makes a bloomer. Keep making mistakes everyone and have fun! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fat ladies #4026 07/17/00 01:00 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 After all I didn't become an "addict" by being correct all the time (or very often, actually). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fat ladies #4027 07/17/00 02:21 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky >>Hark! I hear the dulcet, warbling tones of a well-defined diva. Now what can that mean??<< That means I'm singing, 'Brick! For you I might sing When Irish Eyes are Smilin'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fat ladies #4028 07/24/00 11:09 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 5 Tianjin, China W Windflower stranger Windflower stranger W Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 5 Tianjin, China I am sorry I don't know the derivation of this phrase, but I think I can show my opinion on why it uses "fat lady" but not "slim lady" or some else. It does have some connection with opera, and in my memories, the lady who sings well and high-pitchedly is usually fat in old operas. And moreover, customarily the last program in an opera will be the best one to show the end and lead to the climax of the opera. Do you think so? Jessie Xu Jessie Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fat ladies #4029 07/24/00 02:11 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 W william OP enthusiast OP william enthusiast W Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 windflower, you're absolutely right. it takes a strong body to sing at high pitches for long periods of time. there aren't many thin opera singers, especially in the neck department. but there are some. and we did seem to come round to the idea that the phrase must have had some influence from opera. keep posting! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fat ladies #4030 07/25/00 06:11 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC >Keep making mistakes everyone and have fun! And remember: "Ninety percent of this game is half mental!" "When you get to the fork in the road, take it." TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 458 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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