Linda and I have dear friends all over the world and have done a lot of travelling, more recently to Ireland and England. Being a pretentious clown, a title I wear proudly, I have taken to adopting some of their colorful colloquial expressions as my own. Here are just three examples:
-Tickety-Boo: “I am having a wonderful day. Hope all is tickety-boo with you too!” You can’t say those words without smiling.
-You’re Not Wrong: This phrase I learned in Ireland is to tell someone they are correct by using a double-negative. It caresses the ear like a lyrical refrain from a jaunty Irish tune. “You’re not wrong, mate!”
-Bob’s Your Uncle: The perfect way to say the plans you have will no doubt produce the desired outcome. ” We will invite them over for dinner, pour a lot of wine, praise their generosity, ask for the loan, they’ll say yes and boom, Bob’s your uncle!”
This last one is more problematic because I have a brother Bob. Very confusing to me! I tried changing it to “Myron’s your uncle” but it never caught on.
Oh well…? I guess I threw a spanner in the works and made a dog’s dinner out of this post. I lost the plot, producing pure codswollop. Perhaps, as an honorary Scouser, when I return to Blighty this bit of faff will be forgiven.
Yep…Pretentious!