tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post4991449477340036334..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: Words and Phrases, a Continuing Serieszmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-53393390585923084682013-10-19T14:28:31.321+02:002013-10-19T14:28:31.321+02:00Mozilla, Chrome and all spreadsheets, a plague on ...Mozilla, Chrome and all spreadsheets, a plague on themzmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-53060620186331502442013-10-19T14:27:55.124+02:002013-10-19T14:27:55.124+02:00I should carry around gauntlets to fling on the gr...I should carry around gauntlets to fling on the ground, maybe. (Twenty-three skiddoo? - it sounds more fun and less aggressive than the hand thing, but who knows)zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-16762552093600597952013-10-19T14:26:48.562+02:002013-10-19T14:26:48.562+02:00Rudeness, that's the annoying bit, and there&#...Rudeness, that's the annoying bit, and there's so much of it around, sadly.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-36583804791878279952013-10-19T11:46:22.243+02:002013-10-19T11:46:22.243+02:00Outlook Express, Firefox, Excel; some of many abom...Outlook Express, Firefox, Excel; some of many abominations of language penned by a computer nerds.geoff sherahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09662198715794753972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-91590737241010988802013-10-18T01:36:41.395+02:002013-10-18T01:36:41.395+02:00a. I'm guessing it came from TV.
b. It refers ...a. I'm guessing it came from TV.<br />b. It refers to holding out a hand with (or as if with) a sock puppet: the full phrase is something like "talk to the hand, the face don't care'.<br />c. I thought it was as dead as "Twenty-three skiddoo!" or other such phrases that amused us or our ancestors long ago.<br />d. Perhaps you should revive "I'll answer you by hand", a thinly or unveiled threat of fisticuffs. I've only seen it one of Ivan Doig's novels; the context makes me think that it must have been current in the Scotland of the late 1800s.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-54425432277009829012013-10-17T20:29:09.638+02:002013-10-17T20:29:09.638+02:00In the eighties, at least here in the U.S, there w...In the eighties, at least here in the U.S, there was a trend of holding up a hand to stop someone from talking. Soon, the phrase "talk to the hand" was attached to it. I guess the motion was dropped and the phrase remained... Either way, it seems to have developed out of rudeness, even if it was meant to be funny. Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.com