f*ck ....bollox...soar soar....
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Originally Posted by planets:
“think about ....max planck”
“think about ....max planck”
'tis who I thought.
Slippery, and has a small gang. Will slip up
Originally Posted by DavetheSensible:
“'tis who I thought.
Slippery, and has a small gang. Will slip up”
“'tis who I thought.
Slippery, and has a small gang. Will slip up
”
i just managed to get a response complimenting Lauren from said
i am available for my Nobel Peace Prize at any time....
Originally Posted by planets:
“ooooo errrrr i've started a cake fight”
“ooooo errrrr i've started a cake fight
”
seeems like a good point to step off for the night (before it gets light)
xx all
Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“The sting seems to have gone out of the fanny farts thread. It is now just odd.”
“The sting seems to have gone out of the fanny farts thread. It is now just odd.
”
Fanny peculiar!
Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“The sting seems to have gone out of the fanny farts thread. It is now just odd.”
“The sting seems to have gone out of the fanny farts thread. It is now just odd.
”
The sting is back and I am cross with myself because I have just made a retort to a poster who is on my - not worthy of a response list. BAHHH
Originally Posted by Cherry Hatrick:
“Kettles on, what would you like?”
“Kettles on, what would you like?”
I am on my third cup. Coffee this time. Had two cups of tea earlier.
Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“Wakey wakey Sleepy heads. We've been up for hours.
”
“Wakey wakey Sleepy heads. We've been up for hours.
”
Tell me about it!
Originally Posted by Cherry Hatrick:
“Kettles on, what would you like?”
“Kettles on, what would you like?”
Think An is looking from some brewhaha!
Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“I am on my third cup. Coffee this time. Had two cups of tea earlier.”
“I am on my third cup. Coffee this time. Had two cups of tea earlier.”
2 tea at breakfast, coffee mid-morning, another tea after lunch and now fancying something fruity...hibiscus and raspberry I think.
Originally Posted by Fink-Nottle:
“Tell me about it!
Think An is looking from some brewhaha!”
“Tell me about it!
Think An is looking from some brewhaha!
”
There isn't a lot of that available here at the moment, it all seems to have gone down to Gibraltar. I have a quantity of Hullabaloo to hand if that is acceptable as a substitute?
Originally Posted by Cherry Hatrick:
“2 tea at breakfast, coffee mid-morning, another tea after lunch and now fancying something fruity...hibiscus and raspberry I think.”
“2 tea at breakfast, coffee mid-morning, another tea after lunch and now fancying something fruity...hibiscus and raspberry I think.”
I am beginning to think you are my alter ego.
Originally Posted by Cherry Hatrick:
“There isn't a lot of that available here at the moment, it all seems to have gone down to Gibraltar. I have a quantity of Hullabaloo to hand if that is acceptable as a substitute?”
“There isn't a lot of that available here at the moment, it all seems to have gone down to Gibraltar. I have a quantity of Hullabaloo to hand if that is acceptable as a substitute?”
I never noticed that before Las Brujas/La Bruja and Brewhaha. Must have the same origins - surely.
Bummer. I can't find my etymological dictionary and there is nothing in Brewer's Phrase and Fable - although I may not be using the correct spelling. IS that the correct spelling of Brewhaha Fink or have you corrupted it for pun purposes
Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“Bummer. I can't find my etymological dictionary and there is nothing in Brewer's Phrase and Fable - although I may not be using the correct spelling. IS that the correct spelling of Brewhaha Fink or have you corrupted it for pun purposes”
“Bummer. I can't find my etymological dictionary and there is nothing in Brewer's Phrase and Fable - although I may not be using the correct spelling. IS that the correct spelling of Brewhaha Fink or have you corrupted it for pun purposes”
"1885–90; < French, orig. brou, ha, ha! exclamation used by characters representing the devil in the 16th-cent. drama; "
Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“Bummer. I can't find my etymological dictionary and there is nothing in Brewer's Phrase and Fable - although I may not be using the correct spelling. IS that the correct spelling of Brewhaha Fink or have you corrupted it for pun purposes”
“Bummer. I can't find my etymological dictionary and there is nothing in Brewer's Phrase and Fable - although I may not be using the correct spelling. IS that the correct spelling of Brewhaha Fink or have you corrupted it for pun purposes”
I thought you would have known me by now! Brouhaha.
Was thinking of joining in the lack of humour thread with you last night on the main forum. To me, part of the problem is that it is often tribal: love someone or hate someone and it becomes like rival football supporters debating with no ground conceded. OPs are looking for reinforcement, not a debate. Best to avoid them because there are other threads, if not enough, inviting differing opinions.
Originally Posted by Cherry Hatrick:
“"1885–90; < French, orig. brou, ha, ha! exclamation used by characters representing the devil in the 16th-cent. drama; "”
“"1885–90; < French, orig. brou, ha, ha! exclamation used by characters representing the devil in the 16th-cent. drama; "”
Thanks Cherry
Is ther anything pre French - ie does it say Old French or French from Latin? I am interested because Bruja pronounced brew ha is the Spanish for witch and I feel there is a cognitive similarity between the concept of witch and devilish mischief, noise etc. So I am wondering where it goes back to.
Originally Posted by Fink-Nottle:
“I thought you would have known me by now! Brouhaha.
Was thinking of joining in the lack of humour thread with you last night on the main forum. To me, part of the problem is that it is often tribal: love someone or hate someone and it becomes like rival football supporters debating with no ground conceded. OPs are looking for reinforcement, not a debate. Best to avoid them because there are other threads, if not enough, inviting differing opinions.”
“I thought you would have known me by now! Brouhaha.
Was thinking of joining in the lack of humour thread with you last night on the main forum. To me, part of the problem is that it is often tribal: love someone or hate someone and it becomes like rival football supporters debating with no ground conceded. OPs are looking for reinforcement, not a debate. Best to avoid them because there are other threads, if not enough, inviting differing opinions.”
It looked like it might shape up into something of interest for a bit. It didn't really but did bring Muggins14 in here for the first time since we moved house. So it had a benefit.
They locked the thread this morning. Not sure why.
Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“It looked like it might shape up into something of interest for a bit. It didn't really but did bring Muggins14 in here for the first time since we moved house. So it had a benefit.
They locked the thread this morning. Not sure why.”
“It looked like it might shape up into something of interest for a bit. It didn't really but did bring Muggins14 in here for the first time since we moved house. So it had a benefit.
They locked the thread this morning. Not sure why.”
Noticed someone else last night who would fit well in here, Tom O' something.
Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“Thanks Cherry
Is ther anything pre French - ie does it say Old French or French from Latin? I am interested because Bruja pronounced brew ha is the Spanish for witch and I feel there is a cognitive similarity between the concept of witch and devilish mischief, noise etc. So I am wondering where it goes back to.”
“Thanks Cherry
Is ther anything pre French - ie does it say Old French or French from Latin? I am interested because Bruja pronounced brew ha is the Spanish for witch and I feel there is a cognitive similarity between the concept of witch and devilish mischief, noise etc. So I am wondering where it goes back to.”
I checked my SOED and it's not in there at all, but it is a 1969 edition and sadly out of date. On line there is still little information, and the one I quoted is the only one I found with any information other than "French". That link also suggested it might possibly come from the Hebrew "barukh habba"...blessed be the one who comes...
Bruja is defined as a woman who has a pact with the evil. I have now found another ref.that says brouhaha in medieval theatre was "the cry of the devil disguised as clergy", so the devil seems to be the link.
I have dug around in my Spanish sites for the origins of bruj@ and the consensus seems to be that it comes from one of the Pre-roman Iberian languages. So I would guess they mean Vandal or Visigoth.
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