At work on Wednesday I learned in Money for Nothing song the F slur word is in it 3 times in 1 verse. Listened to that song for years but never realized that.
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“… with the earrings and the makeup.”
Supposedly Mark Knopfler overheard a guy in a hardware store say all those things while watching a video on mtv playing behind the counter. He had no idea a rock star was standing right next to him. Knopfler wrote song around all this guy’s comments, including his homophobic and racist remarks. “Bangin’ on the bongos like a chimpanzee.”
Rule of thumb doesn't exactly have a nice history. Centuries ago you could legally beat your wife with a stick if it was no thicker than your thumb.
I immediately heard Boondock Saints.
Had a hispanic friend tell me one of the weirdest English conventions for him has to do with plurals.
One is a foot
Plural is feet
Why is it an eight FOOT ladder and not a eight FEET ladder?
One is a foot
Plural is feet
Why is it an eight FOOT ladder and not a eight FEET ladder?
The radio version has that verse edited out so you may not have heard the long version.
Digital and headphones clarify bunches that I never realized as a kid listening on Am transistor or vinyl on a two-bit turntable.
Among other things, I love in Spanish that when you go for a walk, you give one (dar un paseo).
When you hang out, you throw a foot. (echar un pie)
And, when you screw up (constantly), you don't give your foot with a ball. (word-for-word translation of no dar pie con bola)
I think you may have posted that in a similar-themed thread a while back. Fool me once!!
It does sound like it could be true, though.
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Lol. I forgot about that post. Not sure what the inspiration was for it.
I was always confused when in international soccer play they talk about how many "caps" a player has which equates to how many times s/he is rostered for a game in international play. Apparently back in the day they used to gift players an actual cap or hat each time they made the roster for a game.
Because it’s technically a compound adjective not 2 separate nouns. It is spelled, when typing it out correctly, 8-foot ladder. You just can’t see the hyphen when talking.
