LL-L 'Rhyming slang' 2006.08.16 (04] [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 16 August 2006 * Volume 04
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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: LL-L 'Rhyming slang' 2006.08.16 (01) [E]

>From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
>Subject: Rhyming slang
>
>>E.g., "Didya see me trouble and tins havin' a ball?"
>>tin < tin lid < kid = child
>>ball < ball of chalk < walk
>
>Might this be the origin of "to have a ball" in the sense of "to have (a lot of)
>fun," "to have the time of one's life"?
>
No :|

A "ball" is a formal party with dancing and perhaps dinner.

So this expression is just hyperbolic.

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/

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From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
Subject: Rhyming slang

Hi, Sandy!

> No :|
> 
> A "ball" is a formal party with dancing and perhaps dinner.
> 
> So this expression is just hyperbolic.

Oh, I know the "straight" meaning of "ball," as it comes to mind first of course.
 But how can you be so sure that it does *not* come from Rhyming Slang "ball of
chalk"?

Let's have a look-see ... It was first recorded in 1945.  But I see that it seems
to have begun in North America, which, I guess, makes it less likely that it
comes from RS.

All right then ...  Have it your way!

Reinhard/Ron

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