[Dixielandjazz] Re: Happy Every Day -- and the Holy-daze, too

[Bryan Livett]

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Bryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Cooke" <patcooke@cox.net>
To: "Ivor Jones" <banjones@oninet.pt>; "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard@hotmail.com>
Cc: "DJML" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Happy Every Day -- and the Holy-daze, too


> >Rugby, which more or less is what you
> >call football, is played by men with funny shaped balls,  >What do you
> think this all means?<<<
> >>
> Do you have trouble finding enough men with funny shaped balls to make up
a
> team?
>   Pat Cooke
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ivor Jones" <banjones@oninet.pt>
> To: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard@hotmail.com>
> Cc: "DJML" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Happy Every Day -- and the Holy-daze, too
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard@hotmail.com>
> >
> > >
> > > FOOTBALL
> > > (Brit) a game with a round ball played in your
> > knickers................wrong, see below
> > > (Yank) a game with an oblong ball played with heavy padding and
helmets
> > >
> > > KNICKERS
> > > (Brit) underwear.......only ladies.
> > > (Yank) trousers which buckle at the knee often worn by golfers
> > >
> > > KNOCK UP
> > > (Brit) call someone on the telephone...........This is completely
wrong
> !
> > .
> > > (Yank) Impregnate a close friend (at least at the time)
> >
> > Aside. There is another meaning in England of the above expression..Some
> 45
> > years ago when I was at Wembley practising for the World Table Tennis
> > Championships, the American team showed (but of course they played
> > 'PING-PONG') and I politely asked a very tasty America lady, Sharon
> Koehnke,
> > if she would like a 'knock up' , meaning practice, whereupon Marty
> Riesman,
> > a male member of the team, offered to re-arrange my features. I thought
at
> > the time that this was jealousy ...the real reason was explained later.
> >
> > >
> > > SORRY
> > > (Brit) a word to use when you accidentally bump into someone
> > > (Yank) a feeling of regret when you find you've actually hurt someone
> > >
> > My dear William most of your list is a load of old COBBLERS, this is
> Cockney
> > rhyming-slang (cobbler's awls). .
> >
> > A few more differences
> >
> > Hockey is played mostly by girls in England, Rounders...you call it
> > Baseball, is only played by girls.....Rugby, which more or less is what
> you
> > call football, is played by men with funny shaped balls, and is in most
> > countries played without any significant padding while in America
'played
> > with heavy padding and helmets' ... and painted faces, make-up, or
> > cosmetics....take your pick. What do you think this all means?
> >
> > No offence intended, and in the best possible taste.
> >
> > Ivor Jones
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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