tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post4644723386488748667..comments2024-03-28T11:38:44.676-05:00Comments on Phil Are Go!: Arrow Ties - Some obsolete British slang to go with your obsolete tie.PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-80734913689793607692014-03-01T22:45:11.745-06:002014-03-01T22:45:11.745-06:00Pip-Pip, by the way, was the original central char...Pip-Pip, by the way, was the original central character in Charles Dicken's "Great Expectations," until an editor, suspecting the reading public might be a bit squeamish about conjoined twins, surgically excised "-Pip."Steve Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00450550786810074858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-90332432336652268302014-02-25T11:31:12.622-06:002014-02-25T11:31:12.622-06:00When it's REALLY supercalifragilisticexpialido...When it's REALLY supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, it's spelt "Wizzard," as in Roy Wood.Steve Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00450550786810074858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-11567014766711382522014-02-25T08:18:59.003-06:002014-02-25T08:18:59.003-06:00Well holy smokes. I thought stuff like "cheer...Well holy smokes. I thought stuff like "cheerio, pip-pip and all that rot, what" was only in cartoons... you know, like Dick Van Dyke? Thanks for the definitive straight dope, Jeff!<br /><br />[-Mgmt.]PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-26583340959630912272014-02-25T08:12:49.342-06:002014-02-25T08:12:49.342-06:00As an Englishman I can tell you that 'wizard&#...As an Englishman I can tell you that 'wizard' definitely means 'super' or 'smashing', but 'pip-pip' is usually heard as a farewell, as in 'cheerio, pip-pip and all that rot, what?'Jeff Hickmotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024527446189594739noreply@blogger.com