How long has that "super" thing being going on? I seem to remember a time in the late 80's or early 90's when if posh people or yuppies were getting the pee taken taken out of them on tv that they'd be portrayed as saying "supah" a lot.
For some reason I want say Fergie, (the royal one) was connected with it all.
If it did come from America, I suppose they were some of the kinds of people who would have adopted it first. Trans-atlantic travel was less accessible in those days for your average Joe and it took more wealth to get over there.
Originally Posted by Turbulence:
“It's Jeremy Vine and his bloody Tremendous Knowledge Dave nonsense.”
Ha! I like Dave, he's a bit of a local Manchester legend. There used to be a radio station called Piccadilly 1152 with a late-night phone in hosted by James Stannage. On a bank holidays in the 90's he'd often have Dave on as a special show and people would call in, asking him questions to try and stump him. Whenever he got one right Stannage would say "Tremendous knowledge, Dave". Might even have been where people first started calling him that.
I like his back-story too. He claims that he used tro make a living touring pubs and playing the old quiz machines that they used to have in them for a living, finding it more and more difficult as he'd regularly get banned for winning too much.
Big Manchester United fan too, and as I'm one as well I'm biased towards him. I don't really go anymore but would sometimes see him at the match when I did.