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Post by mike on Mar 10, 2009 14:44:51 GMT -5
is this about that time i bet cf £10 that the gaslight anthem were overrated?
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Post by gushingblood on Mar 10, 2009 14:55:47 GMT -5
Who overrates TGA? I haven't read that much press on them.
(Sink or Swim is a fucking great album though)
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Post by essbee on Mar 10, 2009 15:11:55 GMT -5
"Welshing"? Really? Did someone get gypped too?
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Post by missalabamanobody on Mar 10, 2009 15:34:16 GMT -5
"Welshing"? Really? Did someone get gypped too? I think they jewed him down. |
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Post by essbee on Mar 10, 2009 15:37:19 GMT -5
Now, if i used "hornswoggle" would you rush to the defense of liliputian wrestlers? Damn right I would. I'm 5'1". I stand up, on whatever's handy and stable, for my peeps. |
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Post by essbee on Mar 10, 2009 15:42:35 GMT -5
And now I'm going to stand down a tiny bit on "welsh," until we hear from Blondette.
M-W links it to the word "Welsh," but the OED indicates that source of the "go back on a bet" meaning is unknown.
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Post by gushingblood on Mar 10, 2009 16:04:11 GMT -5
Isn't it welcher.
I know that word means to go back on a bet.
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Post by essbee on Mar 10, 2009 16:12:12 GMT -5
Isn't it welcher. I know that word means to go back on a bet. Same word. Either spelling. The source is murky. |
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Post by gushingblood on Mar 10, 2009 16:24:27 GMT -5
On the subject of German verbs; the word "wanken" means to stumble or to stagger.
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Post by gushingblood on Mar 10, 2009 17:41:47 GMT -5
On the subject of German verbs; the word "wanken" means to stumble or to stagger. interesting. you going to eat those beernuts?  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2009 18:11:25 GMT -5
i got into a fun argument before the last THS show about whether TGS sounded too much like Springsteen. we concluded that this was impossible
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Post by gushingblood on Mar 10, 2009 18:45:01 GMT -5
I would say that The '59 Sound is heavily influenced by the Boss, but Sink or Swim much less so.
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Post by Andy on Mar 11, 2009 1:21:57 GMT -5
I would say that The '59 Sound is heavily influenced by the Boss, but Sink or Swim much less so. seconded. |
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Post by toastie on Mar 11, 2009 2:51:06 GMT -5
I would say that The '59 Sound is heavily influenced by the Boss If by influenced you mean a list of New Jersey cliches that not even the boss would dare use. Still a good album but I wish that they had theyre own lyrical style. |
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Post by motörben on Mar 11, 2009 4:16:33 GMT -5
Which is the one where you suck semen out of an arsehole?
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Post by lilhan on Mar 11, 2009 6:42:17 GMT -5
this thread is surreal.
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Post by Admin on Mar 11, 2009 8:23:58 GMT -5
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
As I was reading, I was like, this thread is totally Dada-esque.
Then comes the urinal.
Thank you, SMJ for making my life a little bit better today.
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Post by mike on Mar 11, 2009 10:11:29 GMT -5
Which is the one where you suck semen out of an arsehole? felch, innit. i love what happened to this thread. |
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Post by essbee on Mar 11, 2009 10:18:23 GMT -5
Which is the one where you suck semen out of an arsehole? felch, innit. Disagree. |
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Post by mike on Mar 11, 2009 10:24:05 GMT -5
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Post by essbee on Mar 11, 2009 10:28:58 GMT -5
Maybe it's regional. I'm only aware of the "Attempting to pass gas through the anus but instead excreting liquid or solid matter" definition. |
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Post by mike on Mar 11, 2009 10:32:09 GMT -5
we just call that "following through" over here, as far as i'm aware.
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Post by essbee on Mar 11, 2009 10:36:22 GMT -5
The mysteries of language are endless.
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Post by lilhan on Mar 11, 2009 10:38:02 GMT -5
... and apparently quite disgusting.
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Post by theblondette on Mar 11, 2009 18:45:12 GMT -5
SMJ commanded that I come here. I'm not always the most obedient soul, but...
"to welsh" - 1. To swindle (a person) out of money laid as a bet; 2. To fail to carry out one's promise to (a person); to fail to keep (an obligation).
(1) first used in the 19th century.
"welsher": A bookmaker at a race-meeting, who takes money for a bet, and absconds or refuses to pay if he loses.
The origins, according to the OED, are obscure. So the following is my own attempt at an explanation, and thus should not necessarily be taken as reliable.
The English have long had a relationship of mutual distrust with the Welsh. Indeed, in Middle English, the word "Welsh" means both the nationality, but also "foreign, strange, alien". This got me to thinking about the characteristics that the English associated with the Welsh, which took me to the interesting name for the cuckoo - "Welsh ambassador". Middleton uses this description. Cuckoos, given their natural behaviour, have long been associated with deceit. This is not to say at all that "Welsher" is connected to "cuckoo", but rather than deceitful behaviour was seen by the English as a characteristic of the Welsh.
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