Re: Can one "inspire conversation"?

Allan WW wrote:
On 23 Mar 2006 09:37:11 -0800, "Troy Steadman"
<troysteadman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is it acceptable to say "this would inspire conversation"?

That is a turn of phrase that used to be common in the Fifties and
Sixties in England. A chequered mini skirt or beehive hairdo would
"inspire conversation".

So what phrase with the same meaning would you consider common
nowadays?

Allan WW

"Set tongues wagging"?

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