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Post by Paul Doherty on Apr 29, 2008 20:09:25 GMT
TGIF: Thank God it's ... or Thank Goodness it's ...?
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Post by Tone on Apr 29, 2008 21:04:41 GMT
I see that Alan got in first, but I, too, was about to suggest TGIF. I hear it oft at work.
Most of our company finish work at 1-00 p.m. on Friday (so it's TGIF and down the pub), but I work unusual hours and leave at 2-30 p.m. all five days. So I miss out on the TGIF feeling.
Tone
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Post by Sue M-V on Apr 29, 2008 22:15:47 GMT
Glad it's Friday hour! Groan! Sorry, I missed that entirely, Glyn! Is this a common saying or did you make it up? (I wouldn't put it past you.) I'll have to remember that one. It's a lot easier to say that TGIF. How does one say that, by the way? Is it Tee-giff or tee, gee, eye, eff, or is this something that's only written, and you say the whole phrase? Sue
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Post by Paul Doherty on Apr 29, 2008 22:28:28 GMT
tee gee eye eff
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Post by Sue M-V on Apr 30, 2008 12:10:38 GMT
I suddenly wondered whether there is a word that would cover my meaning in "The Meaning of Liff" - has anyone read it all through?
Sue
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Post by Verbivore on Apr 30, 2008 12:23:15 GMT
I suddenly wondered whether there is a word that would cover my meaning in "The Meaning of Liff" - has anyone read it all through? Sue Not recently (but at least thrice, long past). As I no longer can find my Liff, I just now browsed the index of my Deeper ... Liff - and tripped over nothing relevant.
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Post by Trevor on Apr 30, 2008 15:38:05 GMT
I suddenly wondered whether there is a word that would cover my meaning in "The Meaning of Liff" - has anyone read it all through? Sue A big favourite of mine Sue; I still find myself using a few of the words despite the fact that fewer and fewer people seem to know what I'm talking about. I can't recall anything that would suit this, though.
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Post by Sue M-V on Apr 30, 2008 21:31:28 GMT
Well, thanks a lot everyone. I think we've about exhausted the subject. I'll let my student know the sad truth.
Sue
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Post by Tone on May 1, 2008 20:06:56 GMT
"The Meaning of Liff" - has anyone read it all through?
I gave up. I thought it was crap! (unlike other Adams books.)
Tone
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Post by suvvern on May 4, 2008 22:31:27 GMT
There is a well known condition in prisons, which affects prisoners who are about to be released. They become twitchy, irritable, and tense. (Did I just get to use the famous HOC ?). They are referred to as suffering from "Gate Fever".
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Post by amanda on May 5, 2008 9:22:33 GMT
I am familiar with this affliction. I work in a primary school and am regularly to be seen twitching at the gate at 3 o'clock.
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Post by Sue M-V on May 5, 2008 9:57:59 GMT
Hee, hee! Well, "gate fever" might work for a factory (or a school), but not really for an office!
Sue
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Post by Paul Doherty on May 5, 2008 12:06:53 GMT
Door fever?
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Post by Tone on May 5, 2008 20:16:59 GMT
suvvern, They become twitchy, irritable, and tense. (Did I just get to use the famous HOC ?). Indeed you did. Well done! But I shall, with remorse, rain on your parade by criticizing the terminal period on the above. You complete sentence is within the parentheses, so the period is not needed. And may one have the temerity to question how suvvern has such an intimate understanding of prison conditions? Tone
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Post by suvvern on May 7, 2008 0:02:34 GMT
Tone But I shall, with remorse, rain on your parade by criticizing the terminal period on the above. You complete sentence is within the parentheses, so the period is not needed.Tut tut ! Whatever happened to the R ? As for my knowledge of prison conditions, let's just say I've met a lot of interesting people in my life, and leave it at that
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