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Whip Round
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douglas
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Whip Round
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Hi All, Just an interesting tidbit I stumbled upon while browsing the BBC News site this morning: I found a term I had never heard before: Whip Round For BE speakers, you probably all know the term, for AE speakers, we use a completely different term: passing the hat Some info on it�s origin: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/whip-round.html ( I guess this would have been a great WOD entry, but I would probably forget it by the time I ever had the chance to use it.) Have a great weekend, Douglas |
27 Sep 2019
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maryse pey�
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Ah Ah ! Here�s our superhero Douglas ! Interesting things to be dealt with so !
And after the Whip Round let�s consider the Square Dance ! And what about the Triangle of the Bermuda ?
Sorry, I couldn�t help associating "geometrical" ideas.
As you said on another post this site is wonderful and makes us reflect and discover new things ! That�s what I call a very good day, indeed !
Thanks Douglas and, please, stay yourself ! You are a boss !
Hugs.
Maryse. ;) ;) ;) |
27 Sep 2019
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spinney
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Thank you, Douglas! I was thinking of doing another worksheet on idioms to do with money. I�m pretty sure I didn�t use this one last time, and I definitely did not know the origin. Of course, there is another expression which both sides of the Atlantic can use with confidence, "to start a kitty." All kinds of humourous possibilities with a word like that. 
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27 Sep 2019
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cunliffe
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When I saw that heading, I wondered who the whip round was for!  I usually put a fiver in the kitty on such occasions. |
27 Sep 2019
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Aisha77
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You Americans speak closer to Spanish, I can tell by the idioms and the constructions and the dialect, probably due to the influence of the Latin community... :) |
27 Sep 2019
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Engteachar
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In Argentina we use a phrase "hacer una vaquita", which translated into English would be "make a little cow"... hahahaha... interesting!! |
29 Sep 2019
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