Re: I need to know....
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 4:12 pm
Footy Chick wrote:The saying "Bob's you're Uncle..."
How many people here actually have an Uncle Bob?
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Footy Chick wrote:The saying "Bob's you're Uncle..."
How many people here actually have an Uncle Bob?
Origin (theories)
A common explanation is that the phrase dates to 1887, when British Prime Minister Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury decided to appoint Arthur Balfour to the prestigious and sensitive job of Chief Secretary for Ireland. Lord Salisbury was Arthur Balfour's uncle.[1][2]
Another explanation is that it is related to the British General, Lord Roberts, nicknamed "Bobs." The British Army in India coined the term, "Bob's your uncle" to indicate you had the good fortune of being related to the commanding general.[citation needed]
There have been several other slang expressions which included the word "bob," some associated with thievery or gambling, and, from the eighteenth century on, it was also a common generic name for someone one did not know. The difficulty with any of these explanations is that—despite extensive searching—the earliest known published uses of the phrase are from 1932, two from 1937, and two from 1938. (See these and other quotes in American Dialect Society list archived posts by Stephen Goranson.)[1][3]
Bob as a slang term meaning 'safety' is cited in the 1736 dictionary A Collection of the Canting Words and Terms, both ancient and modern.[4] Bob is also a slang term for shilling, a former monetary unit and coin of the United Kingdom, which was used in such phrases as the Scouts' Bob a Job Week.[5][6]
Hefty wrote:Where I can watch the Melbourne Cup live on the internet??
Mr Beefy wrote:Hefty wrote:Where I can watch the Melbourne Cup live on the internet??
Channel 7
http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/17174732/yahoo-7-live-melbourne/
carey wrote:Why the f@#k would someone run a marathon?
heater31 wrote:carey wrote:Why the f@#k would someone run a marathon?
Further more to that why would someone want to do an ironman triathlon - 3.8 km swim, 180 km bike ride and a marathon
Q. wrote:What's on fire at Roseworthy?
BoundaryRider84 wrote:Q. wrote:What's on fire at Roseworthy?
Header sparked a stubble fire
carey wrote:Why the f@#k would someone run a marathon?