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POPSA for Horses, B for Mutton V for la France (Vive la France) W for a Bob (double you for a bob - a bob was a shilling) X for Breakfast (eggs for breakfast) Y for Gawd's sake (why, for God's sake) Z for Breezes (zephyr breezes ) In the 80 years since that sketch was performed in music halls and recorded on vinyl discs, various wits have come up with variations. Here are some of them: C for Miles, or C for Yourself (see for miles, or see for yourself) D for Dumb (deaf or dumb) D for Kate (defecate) E for Brick (heave a brick) or E for 'ning Standard (Evening Standard newspaper) H for Consent (age of consent) I for the Engine (Ivor the Engine)
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POPS 652 Different Feelings From A to Z, our emotions are described in multiples of word...quite an interesting and an useful list for the writers...
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POPSDamp Squid: The top 10 misquoted phrases in Britain The top ten misquotes by British people are as follows: 1) A damp squid (a damp squib) 2) On tender hooks (on tenter hooks) 3) Nip it in the butt (nip it in the bud) 4) Champing at the bit (chomping at the bit) 5) A mute point (a moot point) 6) One foul swoop (one fell swoop) 7) All that glitters is not gold (all that glisters is not gold) 8) Adverse to (averse to) 9) Batting down the hatches (batten down the hatches) 10) Find a penny pick it up (find a pin pick it up)
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POPSThe Mystery of English A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets UP the earth. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so .... Time to shut UP! Oh ...one more thing:! What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night? U P!
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