LL-L "Expressions" 2002.02.12 (05) [E]

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From: "Nigel Smith" <rnigelsmith at hotmail.com>
Subject: Expressions

Sandy Fleming wrote:

(quoting film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
>A fat man's north opens and he wanders up and turns the Liza over.

Sandy's interpretation:
>north - mouth (north and south)  [phrase, rhyme truncated]
>Liza - geezer                    [rhyme]

I had interpreted Liza as 'telly' (Liza Minelli). Suppose it depends whether
you pronounce Liza as [li:z@] (LEE-za) or [laIz@] (LIE-za) !

Nigel Smith

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From: Andrys Onsman <Andrys.Onsman at CeLTS.monash.edu.au>
Subject: LL-L "Expressions" 2002.02.12 (04) [E]

In response to Sandy Fleming

> Roger iron rusted - ???

Rusted would be busted, I'd imagine, which would mean that Roger and
iron somehow mean television. Roger could mean "jolly" but given the
writer's preference for more colourful adjectives that seems unlikely.
And I can't get telly from iron.

Andrys Onsman

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