Chin Chin!
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Chin Chin!
Ladies and Gents, in these days of modern business speak, what have we lost sight of. Saw Zulu at the weekend and wondered whatever happened to 'Chin Chin' and all the other greetings and coloqialisms that seemed to be used in the past.
Would any of the Pprune sages pse re-educate me.......
'
toodle pip'
Would any of the Pprune sages pse re-educate me.......
'
toodle pip'
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All gone the same way as the British Empire I'm afraid old chap.
It seems to have been replaced by transatlanticisms used by most kids these days. My own two offspring are currently in a home re-education programme after describing our new coal effect electric fire as 'cool'.
Zulu - great film. Tho i've always thought that Stanley Baker's tactic of ordering everyone to shoot at just one zulu named Will didn't work that well.
It seems to have been replaced by transatlanticisms used by most kids these days. My own two offspring are currently in a home re-education programme after describing our new coal effect electric fire as 'cool'.
Zulu - great film. Tho i've always thought that Stanley Baker's tactic of ordering everyone to shoot at just one zulu named Will didn't work that well.
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I think Stanley Baker's instruction did work well but only by accident. His soldiers didn't know who Will was, or even if there was a Will there at all, and they didn't have to time to find out. So they just fired at the Zulus in front of them with great success. This goes to show that the great British Empire was merely an accident.
There is probably a similar accident to prove that the slave trade wasn't our fault.
There is probably a similar accident to prove that the slave trade wasn't our fault.
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Slave Trade - what is all the fuss about. It happened and nothing we do will rectify it why cant people just get over it....................English Lords used to have the right to the first night time nuptuals of couples marrying in their feifdoms.......havent heard an apology about that, yet!
Next we will be saying sorry for hanging criminals.............bluddy liberals.
Next we will be saying sorry for hanging criminals.............bluddy liberals.
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I went to the same school as Bromhead... (no! Really! I did - I was a prefect in Warburton - Bromhead were our arch-rivals)
'one should always look one's best in front of the men... oh no trouble old chap, I wasn't going to clean it myself...'
Pip Pip*
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(* A validiction I have used for the past few months on work e-mails
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'one should always look one's best in front of the men... oh no trouble old chap, I wasn't going to clean it myself...'
Pip Pip*
THB
(* A validiction I have used for the past few months on work e-mails
)
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A lady I know gave a presentation to some Japanese business men a couple of years back and finished by offering a toast of 'chin chin'. To much guffaws - she was told it means 'Penis Penis' in Japanese!!
Ciao, Cheers, Tchuss are pretty well understood in Euroland. And 'Toodaloo' comes, I believe from 'Tout à l'heure'?
All of which are better by far than the sickly "Have a nice day"...
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu.......
All of which are better by far than the sickly "Have a nice day"...
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu.......
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see www.thechap.net (work safe - for chaps in the old sense of the word)
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May I offer www.twochapstalking.com as a suitable retreat for my honourable colleagues.
I always use "How do you do?" when meeting people for the first time as "Nice to meet you" or similar seems rather preposterous as you don't know whether it is nice.
I might try "What ho!" as a greeting from now on.
I didn't know there was a new meaning for "chaps".
I might try "What ho!" as a greeting from now on.
I didn't know there was a new meaning for "chaps".
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JAFO - I know exactly what you mean! It does irritate me when people I have never met before say 'Pleased to meet you' - how do they know they will be? I always stick to a simple 'Hello' and say 'it was nice meeting you' when we say our eventual goodbyes (if indeed it was).
And as for our colonial cousins - the latest seems to be (and I heard my MD using this the other day) "Thank you much"
Seems they can't even be bothered to say 'very' these days
And as for our colonial cousins - the latest seems to be (and I heard my MD using this the other day) "Thank you much"
Seems they can't even be bothered to say 'very' these days
