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Literal Idioms
Pilchard123:
My usual one in that vein is "if fish had wings, we'd call them birds".
But I've never understood why using "she" is considered rude. It's a perfectly good pronoun "<name> said to me that <name> wanted to get a gift for <name>'s sister but <name> couldn't decide whether <name> should get the toilet brush or if <name> should get the plunger." just sounds bizarre, and it never is used to berate someone for using "he".
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: Tova on 07 Sep 2018, 03:08 ---I guess that makes about as much sense as, "if wishes were horses, beggars would ride."
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WHich is only slightly bettered by ...
"Aye, an' if yer auntie had ba's she'd be yer uncle!"
:-o
Tova:
Crikey.
cybersmurf:
In German there's "Wenn das Wörtchen 'wenn' nicht wäre [...]" meaning "If 'if' didn't exist [...] would be true". And you could fill in anything you want, like [cowdung would be candy].
LTK:
I mentioned this thread to my sister and she told me about "What time is it? - Quarter past the edge of the pisspot." I've never even heard of that one!
--- Quote from: Pilchard123 on 07 Sep 2018, 13:15 ---But I've never understood why using "she" is considered rude. It's a perfectly good pronoun "<name> said to me that <name> wanted to get a gift for <name>'s sister but <name> couldn't decide whether <name> should get the toilet brush or if <name> should get the plunger." just sounds bizarre, and it never is used to berate someone for using "he".
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I think I've figured it out. If you keep using 'she' to refer to someone who's part of the conversation, she might want to point out it's rude to not address someone personally, hence the idiom.
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