tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post1290585616139824377..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: Supermarket Trolleys Go BoatingMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-85007326105488811752014-11-10T02:09:30.088+00:002014-11-10T02:09:30.088+00:00Billy Bragg did that with the A13 -- to the tune o...Billy Bragg did that with the A13 -- to the tune of Route 66, of course -- and someone else has done the A66. Most amusing.<br /><br />Btw not sure if "street cars" run on rails and are therefore what we call "trams" or are actually trolley buses, with freedom of movement within the reach of the power lines?Zouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-4297852585698239672014-11-09T15:46:06.545+00:002014-11-09T15:46:06.545+00:00Zouk,
I think I have posted about this in the dis...Zouk,<br /><br />I think I have posted about this in the distant past, but somehow there is an inbuilt bathos about English English -- "get your kicks on the A6 (Luton to Kettering, Kettering to Leicester...)" doesn't have much of a ring, either.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-78584391081344637432014-11-09T15:04:29.811+00:002014-11-09T15:04:29.811+00:00Actually, "street car" is another shibbo...Actually, "street car" is another shibboleth ("A Trolley Bus Named Desire" doesn't have the same ring about it, does it?). I do recall "off his rocker" being extremely prevalent in my youth -- far more so than "off his trolley".Zouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-5205030046288070422014-11-09T03:34:47.801+00:002014-11-09T03:34:47.801+00:00Clarification noted. But the expression probably h...Clarification noted. But the expression probably hasn't been in use in the U.S. since the demise of street cars.Kent Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440197819258194471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-44383246841027114952014-11-08T22:58:27.846+00:002014-11-08T22:58:27.846+00:00http://www.wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=7...http://www.wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18057#p39459Zouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-61802603255900257862014-11-08T19:40:24.796+00:002014-11-08T19:40:24.796+00:00Zouk, as far as I know there's not much use of...Zouk, as far as I know there's not much use of the phrase "Off his trolley" in the US. My sense of the meaning is that if he's off his trolley, he's gone off the rails, and is dangerously out of control. Sounds better than trying to get the entire trolley to derail.Kent Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440197819258194471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-50769089536751662142014-11-08T13:12:09.373+00:002014-11-08T13:12:09.373+00:00Zouk,
Never have understood "off his trolley...Zouk,<br /><br />Never have understood "off his trolley". What trolley do they have in mind, where being on it is to be sane, but off it, um, not? To be on a supermarket trolley is not exactly level-headed, if not exactly mad, either.<br /><br />I think it's one of those expressions that people appropriate, simply because it sounds folksy. I've just heard Ed Balls say of George Osborne that he was "stitched up like a kipper". Eh?<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-64525153896143985422014-11-08T12:57:03.007+00:002014-11-08T12:57:03.007+00:00As regular readers of the comments to your blog wi...As regular readers of the comments to your blog will know, there is an excellent blog about this sort of thing, by Lynne Guist, at http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.co.uk/<br /><br />PS Does that mean Americans don't have the phrase "off his trolley"?Zouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-15167356809159954022014-11-08T09:14:54.487+00:002014-11-08T09:14:54.487+00:00John,
It is an interesting subject -- "two n...John,<br /><br />It is an interesting subject -- "two nations divided by a common language" -- and one which I should post about sometime, based on some unfortunate misunderstandings I had in California in 1980! Or maybe I already have, my memory is not what it was.<br /><br />Yes, Be Prepared... Although prizes for my kind of work are sadly few...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-24262383228553344092014-11-08T04:00:11.823+00:002014-11-08T04:00:11.823+00:00Supermarket Trolleys. So what their called over th...Supermarket Trolleys. So what their called over there.Here in the US their called shopping carts. <br /><br />I do enjoy the difference between the States and England when it comes to the proper names of objects. <br /><br />Just one of many reasons I enjoy your blog.<br /><br />Another point: When people ask me why I always carry the camera I just tell them I can't win the Pulitzer without it.John Krillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03923658614997007223noreply@blogger.com