Tell it to the marines
My six-year old girl astonished my by imparting this advice when I told her that 'Daddy was puffed-out'. Had no idea kids still used it.Is it current in the US, and what's the skinny on it?
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I never heard it in US,or anywhere for that matter. What was said, now forgotten, is "Tell it to the judge."
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Dr. D, you spend the last 3 decades on Zeta?! This is an extremely common expression!
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Been in that bastion of knowledge, Calif., that long. As I gave my negative reply I was going to say you'd know- well I was rite. Seriosly, tho'-never heard it , seen it or knew anything about it.
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Rite, tonite. That's interesting, doc. I know these are accepted US variant spellings (Noah Webster's work again?) but how widely used are they in the States?Are they used in some regions more than...
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aldi-just for speed -not too quick w/ fingers. Nite , rite, are just very informal. Seen a lot on markets,e.g., Buy Rite, Open All Nite etc. Seem about equally spread around US. One of our 1st low...
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"Rite" remains in the domain of the net. Like "enuf", "tho", "shud", "bcoz"."(To)nite" is a little widerspread. As is "thru" and maybe the b-less "coz".
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Not only is it a common expression, but it goes back at least to the American Civil War, and I would guess even earlier. General Sherman got into a combative correspondence with some Southerners about...
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Or as we said in the Army, "Have the Chaplain punch your TS card."
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Really, wg? Buy Rite is a big food chain on East coast-has been for years. The #1 oldie of all time-1956-"In the Still of the Nite."
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>>"speak thus to the marines." i love that. i love how he gussies it up. "take thine head from out thine arse"...edit:sherman was good with a quip. far as i know, he first said, "war is hell."...
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Tell it to the marines apparently goes back to the turn of the 18th century (Sam Pepy's diary). Whether the marines know all or nothing, is frequently debated.Occasionally you hear "tell it to the...
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A longer version of the phrase, also attested early, is "tell it to the marines, the sailors won't believe it". The implication seems to be that the marines are credulous and not too bright.
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The older and more usual sense of "horse marines" is as a joke. The Capt. Jinks song probably intends it in this way--mounted men on shipboard is absurd.But it turns out that Andrew is right. The term...
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