(September 22, 2020 at 9:31 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote:(September 22, 2020 at 7:27 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I am somewhat literate. At least I like to think I am.
My wife constantly challenges the phrases and words I use, then we google, then she has a sad. It bugs her so much because she is a teacher and feels she should know more than most people. I'm not most people; I read a lot, not so much books anymore, but random shit on the internet so I know some shit? This forum has expanded my knowledge of trivial turns of phrase for example.
I enjoy hearing regional phrases as well as phrases from other countries. For instance...I follow a couple FB pages about Cavalier King Charles Spaniels because I have three of my own. The vast majority of the people posting on those pages are from the UK and mainland Europe. A couple of days ago someone posted a picture of their fairly young puppy and described him as "mad as a box of frogs". I had never heard that before but knew exactly what the poster meant. It made me chuckle and has obviously stuck with me.
