LL-L "Idiomatica" 2005.05.21 (04) [E]

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From: Kevin Caldwell <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2005.05.20 (02) [E]


> From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
> Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2005.05.19 (11) [A/E]
>
> From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
> Subject: "Idiomatica" [E]
>
> > From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Idiomatica
> >
> > Sandy (above):
> >
> > > Ay, like, "Kitchen? I'll kitchen you in a meenit!"  :)
> >
> > So what's the meaning of that then?  A threat I suppose.  Or is it too
> > naughty to explain?
>
> It's a completely facetious threat, substitute any noun, especially if it
> sounds like something you could actually do as a verb:
>
> Tattoo? I'll tattoo you in a meenit!
> Books? I'll book you in a meenit!
> Fitba? I'll fitba you in a meenit!
> Etc ad nauseam? I'll ad nauseam you in a meenit!
>
> A "meenit" is a "minute", the usual way of saing "in a moment" in Scots.
>
> Sandy
> http://scotstext.org/

My mother (from Russellville, Kentucky) used this sort of construction
occasionally.  The one occasion I remember, when I was about 6 years old,
went something like this:

"Be quiet! Your father is taking a nap!"
"I'm playing Superman!"
"I'll Superman you if you don't quiet down!" (The stress is always on the
"you" immediately following the "verb" in question.)

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Idiomatica
>
> So, if ever you "hear" me use that formula, watch out!

I'll formula you if you do that!

Kevin Caldwell

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Idiomatica

Kevin:

> I'll formula you if you do that!

Yayuhs, Ah'm shrr Ah'd bey shayuhkin' in mah boots.  ;-)

Mom-in-law's formula would call for this:

"I'll form *your* yoola!"
or
"I'll form *your* oola!"

Also:

> "I'll Superman you if you don't quiet down!"

"I'll super *your* man if you don't quiet down!"

This way you sometimes come up with weird and wonderful almost-words that
conjur up even more weird and wonderful mental pictures.  This is why the
kids would sometimes laugh when Mom was steaming mad.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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