That'll Learn Yer.
My husband claims this is an American expression. Please help me prove him wrong.
In other things, here is a photo of the statue that was in the foyer of the South African mining company where I have been temping.
Frightening.
Friday, 2 February 2007
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Ouch. And ouch again. I'm guessing this is not a workers' co-operative, then?
I know, isn't it terrible? And it's not the only example of black-people-smiling-down-mines based "art" in the offices either.
I am thinking of starting an ethical temping agency.
On the origins of "that'll learn yer"
According to Wikipedia it origniates from Norfolk. As we all know, Wikipedia is *never* wrong.
For a more cerebral publication try this article in The Spectator.
For both of them the reference is near the end.
I assume your husband will now tend to your every whim for the rest of the weekend?
Not at all american - perhaps if it was that'll learn y'all ...
OMG. That .. that ... *thing* is rather scary. It is what nightmares are made of.
Run and hide .....
x
RR - well thank you, I certainly feel smug.
C - isn't it scary? I'm sorry if you have any mining related dreams as a result.
I am speechless
oh my. I thought it was Irish. the phrase, not the strange statue. well, I'll allow it to go to Norfolk if we can keep "c'mere till I tell you" and "would you be well?" And words like craic and baloobas.
Baloobas? Oh please please tell me what it is? It sounds marvellous.
And Andre, how I've missed you.
Tickle Theatre gave it away ... or is that just a coincidence??????
Bugger.
But I was drawn to the Star Wars reference!
x
DAMN!!!!
Tickle Theatre could possibly be maybe something to do with Miss Tickle Esq.
Maybe.
xxx
Shall I call you miss T from now on?
And I have missed you too! will send you personal email detailing my weekend!
I will answer to both. And seeing as I had more or less decided that yes, I will be telling all you lovelies about my plays, it was bound to come out.
I look forward to my personal contact.
I'm sure I've heard that expression here in Yorkshire. There again, maybe not.
It really doesn't sound like something the Americans would say though...
Thank you Edvard. I thought it was from the north too, as my family are from there and that's where I picked it up.
Ha! My hub is having to back down...
When we were little, we used to say, 'that gon learn you a good lesson.' And seeing that here was a Brit. colony, and we had a lot of expressions from there...
Miss T, sorry I've been away in the BIG SMOKE of London and didn't get much blogging done. But am back in damp ol' Dublin now to report that Baloobas means, unsurprisingly maybe, DRUNK! Imagine! Another word for drunk! We say things like "We had such craic, we were all baloobas." And then we fall over.
GAH! I wouldn't want to meet that in a dark foyer. *shudder*
Oh right. Back to the matter at hand. That phrase is common waaaaay down here in New Zealand. But then we're all reasonably sure it's a Brit import. We had a meeting about it.
GG: Hello! How are you? Hope all is well. Sorry about the colony stuff. Rubbish. Good phrase though, sounds like it was accompanied by much wagging of fingers.
Susannahs hello and welcome! I love the picture that is now in my head of little old disapproving men and women (in dungarees).
Fiona that is, as ever from you, utterly wonderful. I will be muttering it under my breath all day.
Lippy: My gosh, you're in New Zealand! That is amazing! Is it hot? It's snowing like a bugger here today. Thank you for your meeting. I am touched.
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