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Is it click or cluck one's Tongue?

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bosod...@gmail.com

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Aug 31, 2016, 11:05:44 PM8/31/16
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and why does it suggest disapproval?

bosod...@gmail.com

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Sep 2, 2016, 6:32:13 PM9/2/16
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"I wouldn't roll out of bed for that"

Charles Bishop

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Sep 2, 2016, 9:06:02 PM9/2/16
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In article <1c85fc0c-3c1e-4653...@googlegroups.com>,
bosod...@gmail.com wrote:

> "I wouldn't roll out of bed for that"

I sometimes get up early though I'm reluctant to and would rather sleep.

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cahrsles

Dingbat

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Sep 2, 2016, 11:54:18 PM9/2/16
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On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 8:35:44 AM UTC+5:30, bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
> and why does it suggest disapproval?

I've come across a belief (superstition?) in India that when a gecko tut-tuts,
God is expressing disapproval of something wrong that the gecko is witness to.
If one is not doing anything wrong, it doesn't mean anything to humans; it might
mean something to other geckos. Be that as it may, what sound does a gecko
imitator make? Some kind of click, I presume. If you haven't heard a gecko, you
can't answer.

Dingbat

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Sep 2, 2016, 11:55:47 PM9/2/16
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On Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 4:02:13 AM UTC+5:30, bosod...@gmail.com wrote:
> "I wouldn't roll out of bed for that"

What would it mean when they say:

'I would roll in the hay with that'?

Peter Moylan

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Sep 3, 2016, 2:06:29 AM9/3/16
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The expression we used to use was "I wouldn't kick her out of bed".

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Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

bill van

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Sep 3, 2016, 2:11:39 AM9/3/16
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In article <nqdp93$v0g$2...@dont-email.me>,
Peter Moylan <pe...@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:

> On 2016-Sep-03 13:55, Dingbat wrote:
> > On Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 4:02:13 AM UTC+5:30, bosod...@gmail.com
> > wrote:
> >> "I wouldn't roll out of bed for that"
> >
> > What would it mean when they say:
> >
> > 'I would roll in the hay with that'?
>
> The expression we used to use was "I wouldn't kick her out of bed".

I have a cousin who used to say, "I wouldn't mind parking my slippers
under her bed."
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bill

RH Draney

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Sep 3, 2016, 2:34:58 AM9/3/16
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"Don't make me get up early...you wouldn't like me when I'm early"....r

Peter Young

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Sep 3, 2016, 3:45:05 AM9/3/16
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On 2 Sep 2016 bosod...@gmail.com wrote:

> "I wouldn't roll out of bed for that"

The money offered isn't worth getting out of bed for.

Peter.

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Peter Young, (BrE, RP), Consultant Anaesthetist, 1975-2004.
(US equivalent: Certified Anesthesiologist) (AUE Ir)
Cheltenham and Gloucester, UK. Now happily retired.
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk

Lesmond

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Sep 3, 2016, 8:40:02 AM9/3/16
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Or the typical, "I wouldn't kick him out of bed for eating crackers."

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She may contain the urge to run away
But hold her down with soggy clothes and breeze blocks



Richard Yates

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Sep 3, 2016, 10:09:20 AM9/3/16
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On Fri, 2 Sep 2016 15:32:11 -0700 (PDT), bosod...@gmail.com wrote:

>"I wouldn't roll out of bed for that"

I think it is supposed to be "...roll OVER in bed..."

Charles Bishop

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Sep 3, 2016, 11:42:47 AM9/3/16
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In article <ebb34086-2733-40d8...@googlegroups.com>,
[tweaked line lengths]

I have heard geckos make their noise, but would have no idea how to
represent their sound. It does begin with the tongue above the upper
teeth, but there are small variations with where it is placed.

Note - I make the gecko sound in a way that is similar to how I make the
sound squirrels use as their warning chatter.

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charles

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Robert Bannister

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Sep 3, 2016, 8:40:55 PM9/3/16
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What's early? I didn't get home till nearly 1 o'clock last night. I
tried to have a lie-in this morning, but it wasn't successful and I
still got up at about a quarter past six. I agree, though: some people
are morning persons and some night persons. I'm a morning man.

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Robert B. born England a long time ago;
Western Australia since 1972

Robert Bannister

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Sep 3, 2016, 8:44:59 PM9/3/16
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Heard on the radio this morning: "The recording of crickets you just
played must have been of male orphans who hadn't learned their third
note. They were only singing G, A, G, A*. They were missing their B flat."

Such are the wonders of Sunday morning radio!

* There was some reference here to George Gershwin, that I've forgotten.

John Dawkins

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Sep 5, 2016, 11:59:49 AM9/5/16
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> "I wouldn't roll out of bed for that"

It means they are too Famous to be bothered:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7FCgw_GlWc

--
J.
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