Oh really? An "English" game...
abzorba
me this game she said she played as a youngster, and still does at
times. It's called "Oh really?"
(MSWord grammar checker just asked me if I meant “lovely English
lasso”. No, I DID not!)
It goes like this. You say something that has a mistake in it, like:
“It’s the law in all 52 states of America”, or “It must have been a
potlergeist”. When you are corrected, and you will be, you will be,
you then say “Oh! Really?” Just like that.
If you do this often enough, everyone will think you are a bit of a
dope. Ah, bit here’s the pay off. You will, deep inside, know that you
most certainly are not.
I can’t imagine this game taking off in any other country apart from
England. But I love it. I play it all the time. Really? Anyone can
shed any more light on it. And so as not to be OT, what do you think
they call it?
Abzorba – Myles (Oooooohhhh….REALLY!!!???) Paulsen
Zerkon
> you then say “Oh! Really?” Just like that.
> what do you think?
Texting is my guess.
Glenn Knickerbocker
>(MSWord grammar checker just asked me if I meant �lovely English
>lasso�. No, I DID not!)
Of course not. Orlando di Lassus was Italian.
�R Blather, Rinse, Repeat.
http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/telecom.html
Daniel T.
> Several years ago, these lovely English lass in my Department taught
> me this game she said she played as a youngster, and still does at
> times. It's called "Oh really?"
>
> (MSWord grammar checker just asked me if I meant łlovely English
> lasso˛. No, I DID not!)
>
> It goes like this. You say something that has a mistake in it, like:
> łItąs the law in all 52 states of America˛, or łIt must have been a
> potlergeist˛. When you are corrected, and you will be, you will be,
> you then say łOh! Really?˛ Just like that.
>
> If you do this often enough, everyone will think you are a bit of a
> dope. Ah, bit hereąs the pay off. You will, deep inside, know that you
> most certainly are not.
>
> I canąt imagine this game taking off in any other country apart from
> England. But I love it. I play it all the time. Really? Anyone can
> shed any more light on it. And so as not to be OT, what do you think
> they call it?
>
> Abzorba Myles (OooooohhhhŠ.REALLY!!!???) Paulsen
I think that lovely English lass told you something that had a mistake
in it, but you didn't correct her...
Joachim Pense
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:35:11 -0800 (PST), abzorba wrote:
>> lasso�. No, I DID not!)
>
> Of course not. Orlando di Lassus was Italian.
You could as well say he was Belgian. He was born and raised in Mons.
(BTW he died in Munic).
Joachim
Dare
news:MPG.274904c4d...@news.individual.net...
> In article <pan.2010.11...@erkonx.net>, Z...@erkonx.net says...
>>
>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:35:11 -0800, abzorba wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > what do you think?
>>
>>
>> Texting is my guess.
>
Reminds me of a joke:
A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day.
"In English," he said, "A double negative forms a positive.
In some languages, though, such as Russian,
a double negative is still a negative. However,
there is no language wherein a double positive
can form a negative."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
Language usage continues to evolve.
Mark Edwards
>However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form
>a negative."
>
>A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
ITYM "yeah, yeah."
Mark Edwards
--
Proof of Sanity Forged Upon Request
Mark
> Several years ago, these lovely English lass in my Department taught
> me this game she said she played as a youngster, and still does at
> times. It's called "Oh really?"
>
> (MSWord grammar checker just asked me if I meant “lovely English
> lasso”. No, I DID not!)
>
> It goes like this. You say something that has a mistake in it, like:
> “It’s the law in all 52 states of America”, or “It must have been a
> potlergeist”. When you are corrected, and you will be, you will be,
> you then say “Oh! Really?” Just like that.
>
> If you do this often enough, everyone will think you are a bit of a
> dope. Ah, bit here’s the pay off. You will, deep inside, know that you
> most certainly are not.
>
> I can’t imagine this game taking off in any other country apart from
> England.
It's quite popular here in America. In fact, our former president
George W. Bush used to play it every day. Yeah he really had
the press going with that game.
---
Mark
John Smith
> ...
> It's quite popular here in America. In fact, our former president
> George W. Bush used to play it every day. Yeah he really had
> the press going with that game.
>
> ---
> Mark
ohblahblahs' mastery of the game makes bush seem like a genius!
Regards,
JS
Fred
"abzorba" <myle...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:5294a66d-5ddb-4d0b...@f16g2000prj.googlegroups.com...
Several years ago, these lovely English lass in my Department taught
me this game she said she played as a youngster, and still does at
times. It's called "Oh really?"
(MSWord grammar checker just asked me if I meant “lovely English
lasso”. No, I DID not!)
In which case you didn't mean 'these' either.
Glenn Knickerbocker
>Am 13.11.2010 14:56, schrieb Glenn Knickerbocker:
>> Of course not. Orlando di Lassus was Italian.
>You could as well say he was Belgian.
Oh. Really?
Chazwin
She was pulling on your plonker mate!
There is no such game I have ever heard of.
Chazwin
> "Zhang Dawei" <fe...@sibianzhe.com> wrote in message
>
> news:MPG.274904c4d...@news.individual.net...
>
>
> >> On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:35:11 -0800, abzorba wrote:
>
> >> > you then say ?Oh! Really?? Just like that.
>
> >> > what do you think?
>
> >> Texting is my guess.
>
> > Oh really?
>
> Reminds me of a joke:
> A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day.
> "In English," he said, "A double negative forms a positive.
> In some languages, though, such as Russian,
> a double negative is still a negative. However,
> there is no language wherein a double positive
> can form a negative."
> A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
>
> Language usage continues to evolve.
Oh Really??
bigfl...@gmail.com
I think she may be confused with O'Reilly , the master name game
player.
BOfL
Mack A. Damia
abzorba
> "abzorba" <myles...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
Yeah, it was late, I was tired, I was typing with my toes while
knitting booties, Roy's moll was giving me a head job; my bad. Soon as
I saw it, I went ballistic. I hate it when that happens, I hate it so
much...But what can you do? I'll lif my game, from NOW on!
Abzorba - Myles (There's gotta be a mornin' aaaaafta' ,
aaaaffffa' all the rain has gawn....) Paulsen
abzorba
Hi, your .sig line "Blather, Rinse, Repeat" reminded me of a geeky
computer programmer who read the instructions on the shampoo while in
the shower. "I could drown in here!" he protested.
Abzorba - Myles (never got to the conditioner, either) Paulsen.
Fred
On Nov 14, 6:07 am, "Fred" <r...@parachute.net.nz> wrote:
> "abzorba" <myles...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>
> news:5294a66d-5ddb-4d0b...@f16g2000prj.googlegroups.com...
> Several years ago, these lovely English lass in my Department taught
> me this game she said she played as a youngster, and still does at
> times. It's called "Oh really?"
>
> (MSWord grammar checker just asked me if I meant lovely English
> lasso . No, I DID not!)
>
> In which case you didn't mean 'these' either.
Yeah, it was late, I was tired, I was typing with my toes while
knitting booties, Roy's moll was giving me a head job; my bad. Soon as
I saw it, I went ballistic. I hate it when that happens, I hate it so
much...But what can you do? I'll lif my game, from NOW on!
Don't 'lif' it too high.
Zerkon
> Language usage continues to evolve.
Yeah, right.
This:
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear;
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows,
As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.
The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand,
And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
Continues to this:
Woke up quick, at about noon
Hard dick and I wanna get some breakfast soon
I want some food and some head befo' the day begins
So I call up Jeanette one of my female friends
She was all on my pack like asbestos
Washed my balls and the bitch made breakfast (uh-huh)
She had good looks, a butt big and soft
But the hoe couldn't cook so I CUT THE BITCH OFF
Nowadays Zone ain't fuckin with love
I need a bitch to cook it up like Wolfgang Puck
The pancakes sucked so I left her
Pick up the phone to call this broke-ass heffer
Yeah this bitch named Ethel, I call her big breakfast
Because she big as hell but she can sho' cook breakfast
CDB
> abzorba <myle...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Several years ago, these lovely English lass in my Department
>> taught me this game she said she played as a youngster, and still
>> does at times. It's called "Oh really?"
>>
>> (MSWord grammar checker just asked me if I meant "lovely English
>> lasso". No, I DID not!)
>>
>> It goes like this. You say something that has a mistake in it,
>> like: "It's the law in all 52 states of America", or "It must have
>> been a potlergeist". When you are corrected, and you will be, you
>> will be, you then say "Oh! Really?" Just like that.
>>
>> If you do this often enough, everyone will think you are a bit of a
>> dope. Ah, bit here's the pay off. You will, deep inside, know that
>> you most certainly are not.
>>
>> I can't imagine this game taking off in any other country apart
>> from England. But I love it. I play it all the time. Really?
>> Anyone can shed any more light on it. And so as not to be OT, what
>> do you think they call it?
>>
>>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_RLY%3F
>>
'The phrase "O RLY?", an abbreviated form of "Oh, really?", is
popularly used in Internet forums in a sarcastic manner, often in
response to an obvious, predictable,[2][3] or blatantly false
statement.'
>>
Golly.
Daniel T.
John Dean
Are you the O'Reilly they speak of so highly? Blimey O'Reilly you *are*
looking well.
--
John Dean
Oxford
Daniel James
> A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
The anecdote is amusing, but one must remember that "Yeah, right!" only
has the meaning of "No" because it is used ironically.
Irony can invert the sense of *any* remark, whether or not it contains
a double negative. The "voice from the back" could just as plausibly
called out "Oh, sure!". The meaning would, again, depend upon the
degree of irony and not upon the exact form of words.
It wouldn't be as funny, though.
Cheers,
Daniel.
abzorba
>
> - Show quoted text -
Ahh, no, that was another game we played. Along with "Putting the
Devil Back into Hell"
Abzorba - Myles (and she got the hang of that quite quickly too)
Paulsen
abzorba
> "abzorba" <myles...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>
> news:be08a200-9100-431f...@z22g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> On Nov 14, 6:07 am, "Fred" <r...@parachute.net.nz> wrote:
>
> > "abzorba" <myles...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>
> >news:5294a66d-5ddb-4d0b...@f16g2000prj.googlegroups.com...
> > Several years ago, these lovely English lass in my Department taught
> > me this game she said she played as a youngster, and still does at
> > times. It's called "Oh really?"
>
> > (MSWord grammar checker just asked me if I meant lovely English
> > lasso . No, I DID not!)
>
> > In which case you didn't mean 'these' either.
>
> Yeah, it was late, I was tired, I was typing with my toes while
> knitting booties, Roy's moll was giving me a head job; my bad. Soon as
> I saw it, I went ballistic. I hate it when that happens, I hate it so
> much...But what can you do? I'll lif my game, from NOW on!
>
> Don't 'lif' it too high.
Oh...Really?
Azorba - Myles (was waiting 4 it) Paulsen
abzorba
> In article <OdSdneFfYK-DIEPRnZ2dnUVZ_h2dn...@supernews.com>, Mark-
> Edwa...@comcast.net says...
>
>
>
> > No cluons were harmed when Dare wrote:
> > >However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form
> > >a negative."
>
> > >A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
>
> > ITYM "yeah, yeah."
>
> > Mark Edwards
>
>
> --
> Zhang Dawei: Beijing, P.R.China. (Native BrEng Speaker)
> Please use Reply-To header for email address. This will
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Quite....
abzorba
>
> - Show quoted text -
Oh, really.....
Chazwin
Is that like the game that Charles and Camilla play???
You know "Mr wobbly hides his helmet"?
Or "worm in the grass"
abzorba
> Is that like the game that Charles and Camilla play???
> You know "Mr wobbly hides his helmet"?
> Or "worm in the grass"
I wonder if he still wishes to be her tampon now that's she
menopausal.
Abzorba - Myles (Sorry about that -
I don't know what came over me) Paulsen
Chazwin
> Chazwin <chazwy...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Is that like the game that Charles and Camilla play???
> > You know "Mr wobbly hides his helmet"?
> > Or "worm in the grass"
>
> I wonder if he still wishes to be her tampon now that's she
> menopausal.
Less bloody more dry??
madge
> Several years ago, these lovely English lass in my Department taught
BALDERDASH I say ...
http://home.btconnect.com/kibo/balderdash.jpg
It's hilarious ...
Oh! Really!!
Then there's the Absolute Balderdash 20th Anniversary Edition
http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=32768572
where but Engerland could you find such flummery?