I was just talking to my Dad, who is Decorating, and I said- something like- 'Good Luck With Painting The Windows'.... erm No I Didn't Mean ACTUALLY Painting The Windows!' Ok, in a Sense, we DO 'Make Tea', I guess, but Washing 'Up' Crocks but Washing 'Down' Walls.... Starting the Car 'Up', getting in a 'muck' Up'. Laying 'Down' does make a little sense- though we lay 'Up' the Table. Children play you 'Up', before you put them 'Down' to Sleep. You get 'Up' before getting 'Down' to your task. Your beak 'Up' the old path, before laying 'Down' the new one- even if the 'New' one is made, in part anyway, from the 'Old' one.
You can go 'Out' to an Inn or stay 'In' and be 'Out- landish' (ok, that Is a bit of a 'stretch'.) There is a Sea 'Front' but no back, though you Can be both 'Up' to something AND Getting (knuckling) 'Down' to something. You can be 'Out' of sorts but Not 'In' of sorts.... though if you are in your garden, you are actually 'In Of Sorts'!
Finally a Joke.... A cruise ship has a 'Conjuring' Act, to entertain their guests, that is actually quite good. The only Problem is the Ship's Parrot, who continuously Squawks Out, the Trick. As the Magician finishes his trick, so the Parrot squarks ''Under his hat'' or ''Behind his back'' and so on. One day the Ship sinks, however everyone Survives, and the Magician and the Parrot 'end up' on the same Lifeboat. The Parrot doesn't say anything, for three days, then on the Morning, of the fourth it Squawks out "Ok, I give up, Where did you 'Hide' the ship?".😋
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Language is such a complex thing isn't it AndrewT. And sometimes leaves us in hot water when what we meant to say comes across with an entirely different meaning! 😁
There are a couple of 'All Time' Clangers, that I know.... The baby feeding instructions 'If the baby does not 'take', to the milk, it should be boiled'🥵. 'Garner, is to change, to Driving on the right..... The change will be made Slowly...😮.
There was a girl, that I met on Holiday, who was volunteering at the Centre I was staying at- 'Work Experience' mainly. Sebranka (I think that's right) was from Romania and, as such, had a slight accent- though not much. This came up in conversation, at some stage, at which point Sebranka said "I speak English, with a Romanian accent- I speak Romanian with an English accent..... So, wherever I 'go' I'm Bl--dy Foreigner". Which, as you can imagine, had Everyone in 'stiches'😁.
Good Humour is a wonderful thing, especially if it is also cleaver...… But NOT too 'Cleaver'! A Teacher has a child, in her class, a real 'know it all'.... Knows his Times Tables, can add, subtract, multiply, divide- up to three figure number- all a SEVEN years old. "I'll 'Fix' him" thinks the Teacher. "Simon" "Yes Miss" replies the boy "I have a Puzzle, for you" the boy looks up "you have Eighteen Children to feed but only Eleven potatoes, five of the potatoes are large, three are small and the rest vary in size. How would you, make sure, every child has the same amount?" Without any hesitation Simon answers "I'd Mash them Miss"😋.
At Five/ Six years old Wee-wee, and Poo-poo, jokes are hilarious. In the Teenage years, for boys anyway, 'Erection' jokes- indeed even 'Erection Companies' are hilarious. At College a Roman 'Swearing on his 'Testicles'' is hilarious. As a Confirmed Christian I Don't find 'religious jokes' funny except..... Did you know that it says, in The Bible, that the men should make the Tea, It's true it Definitely says 'Hebrews'. (I even made the Arch Deacon laugh, with that one.)
So yes Language is an interesting subject, as you say Callendersgal. Take care, of yourself and Keep Smiling through.
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