Re: "...delicious meat!"; R4 'Culture Shock'; BBC WS 01:30 GMT 17 JUL 2007

FCS wrote:
On Jul 28, 11:15 am, Blue Sow <janet.r...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
FCS wrote:
On Jul 17, 10:09 am, Blue Sow <janet.r...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
FCS wrote:

You've never heard of beef curtains I
take it?
You take it correctly.

I didn't coin it. But I have heard it.
Similarly, I have heard other allusions
such as: "never eat rotten meat" used of
females specifically (although in the
generic sense it's probably more widely
used of males


Might one enquire where you hear these phrases?


builder meat-head cliche recently recast
as The Himbo).

Himbo?
That is quite amusing as 'Bimbo' is Italian, meaning a (baby) boy.
When referring to a girl ('blonde' or not) one might say 'bimba'.
Thus 'himbo' seems to imply a male boy, which might be considered a tautology.


For the record:
I did not ask people to throw such idioms
in my face,

That is just as well, given what you imply they mean.


However I do refuse to not be
interested in any kind language use, one
way or another.


And why should you?


As far as context goes, all sorts of people
say all sorts of things to tappesterres and
especially as the night goes on.


Perhaps you could explain what the word 'tappesterres' means and from which language it is taken.


I have not heard (or read) that phrase until this moment.
Neither has the on-line OED (as recommended elsewhere in this group).

Its usage has been informal in my experience
so far, yes. Although I may have seen it in
print, or something very similar, I could not
stand before a judge and state I definitely have.


Informal usage is not a barrier to acceptance into the OED. The amount of use is a determinant so perhaps if someone else uses it, it may yet achieve glory.


(i.e., no one who posts here
had heard of it it seems).


I doubt that anyone who posts here is surprised by that.

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Blue Sow
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