Old Coot....Old Codger?

[DAY]

As George Bernard Shaw said, "we are two peoples, separated by a common language."
I wonder what they call their CUT parts?
In automobiles we have big end/differential, bonnet/hood, boot/trunk, lorry/truck. And many more. . .

 

[smstonypoint]

As George Bernard Shaw said, "we are two peoples, separated by a common language."

Here's another bon mot -- "The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course, language." Oscar Wilde

Steve

 

[Egon]

Think it's the Queens English these day's.

 

[Grandad4]

A pretty woman walks by, and you realize you have flannel shirts older than she is.

My wife recently reminded me that I still wear a sweater I had in high school. Being that I graduated in 1963, I might be wearing something older than the sweet young thing's mother! :thumbsup:

I have a permanent rank of Codger, but sometimes receive a battlefield promotion to Old Fart.

The sweater is still in good shape, by the way, although I seldom wear it to formal occasions anymore.

 

[Haywire]

I don't own a sweater... nor a suit of any kind. I had to buy one for the last funeral I attended and am a bit too wide to fit it now. I'm not even sure it's still in there. I might have donated it.

 

[Baby Grand]

Oh, so you've gone and gotten yourself a case of the OED have you now?
Well, a big spoon of castor oil will put that right, but let it be a lesson to you.
And what's all this about etymology - we've no bug problems here.
Such twaddle ... harrumph!

While doing my curmudgeonly due diligence, I came across this article:

How to Be a Curmudgeon on the Internet

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/18/technology/circuits/19POGUE-EMAIL.html?_r=1&ex=1179201600&en=f058e59799358d61&ei=5070

 

[E/S]

All this makes me thankful I am a Redneck !

E/S

 

[ShenandoahJoe]

We have francophones on this forum, so it's possible that one of us might be a scrogneugneu.

 

[NativeSon]

Thanks for making it all perfectly clear.(?????) I felt the question would produce knowledge(sage) and wit(half???). I think I'm still confused, a state that that I find myself in more & more in today's world.:confused2:


Charlie

 

[Mounted Madness]

My wife recently reminded me that I still wear a sweater I had in high school. Being that I graduated in 1963, I might be wearing something older than the sweet young thing's mother! :thumbsup:

I have a permanent rank of Codger, but sometimes receive a battlefield promotion to Old Fart.

The sweater is still in good shape, by the way, although I seldom wear it to formal occasions anymore.

Grandad4 - I wish I could get into anything from high school - I'm refering to clothing. :laughing:

Now to throw confusion into this thread, shouldn't we magnify the word "cougar" ? Seems appropriate considering.