Have they grown something “down there” that I’m not aware of? been quite awhile since I had a grope “down there”.

bob(from black rock) said:

Have they grown something “down there” that I’m not aware of? been quite awhile since I had a grope “down there”.

stat!

Why do guys call women “Sheilas”?

Divine Angel said:

Why do guys call women “Sheilas”?

Don’t know, goes back generations.

poikilotherm said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Have they grown something “down there” that I’m not aware of? been quite awhile since I had a grope “down there”.

stat!

What’s that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoEFv1GpPU4

Sheila B. Devotion – Spacer 1979

He’s a spacer
A star chaser
A spacer

He’s a ladies man
Always greets with a kiss on the hand
He protects us all
At the ready to answer our call

>Don’t know, goes back generations.

Blame the Irish.

poikilotherm said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Have they grown something “down there” that I’m not aware of? been quite awhile since I had a grope “down there”.

stat!

“Vas iz das” stat? I am hoping I can get this aricept prescribed.

Stat means now, pronto, right this minute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY3ryfRF5FA

I remember the days when a guy was an effigy to be burnt on Bonfire Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Night or Fireworks Night.

Divine Angel said:

Stat means now, pronto, right this minute.

DA thanks.

Bubblecar said:

I remember the days when a guy was an effigy to be burnt on Bonfire Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Night or Fireworks Night.

The failed 9/11 of his day. I recall Guy Fawkes night, kiddies would get around with an effigy on a billycart begging for money then later you would throw your pathetic straw and papermachie monstrosity onto the council provided big bonfire.

bob(from black rock) said:

Why do Sheilas call each other “Guys”. Have they grown something “down there” that I’m not aware of? been quite awhile since I had a grope “down there”.

I tell you what, Bob.

The Street is like a jungle, so call the police. Following the herd, down to Greece. On holiday.
Love in the 90´s is paranoid. On sunny beaches, take your chances looking for:

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they´re girls
Who do girls like they´re boys
Always should be someone you really love

People need to read this.
http://www.tuckermax.com/stories/the-most-disturbing-conversation-ever/

Got naughty words & stuff in it.

>>The failed 9/11 of his day.

Nah, if he’d been successful, the Truthers would declare that it was a false flag inside job

The French have a similar word and use it in exactly the same way, I discovered from my recent visitors.

Ca va les gas? = how’s it going guys?

Guys and Dolls?

I remember it becoming the lingo when I was at High School, and it was considered then to be an American import.

buffy said:

Guys and Dolls?

I remember it becoming the lingo when I was at High School, and it was considered then to be an American import.

I have always thought of it as an American import.
A bit like ‘Dude’

is women calling other women guys like calling other women mate?

perhaps like being part of a team?

dunno

Why do women have girlfriends, but men don’t have boyfriends?

This point confused the visitors, who assumed that a woman referring to her girlfriend must be gay.

morrie said:

Why do women have girlfriends, but men don’t have boyfriends?

This point confused the visitors, who assumed that a woman referring to her girlfriend must be gay.

But then, those visitors sounded like a matchbox would confuse them.

Geoff D said:

morrie said:

Why do women have girlfriends, but men don’t have boyfriends?

This point confused the visitors, who assumed that a woman referring to her girlfriend must be gay.

But then, those visitors sounded like a matchbox would confuse them.

True. I didn’t tell you about the slow combustion stove incident. ;)

You could call a bunch of blokes ladies. Up and at’em ladies.

morrie said:

True. I didn’t tell you about the slow combustion stove incident. ;)

C’mon, you’ve got to tell us now

Geoff D said:

morrie said:

True. I didn’t tell you about the slow combustion stove incident. ;)

C’mon, you’ve got to tell us now

Don’t light it I said. I will get some more wood and come back. So when I arrive back, the stove is full to the gunwhales of semi-charred wood, with some pieces jammed in so tight that they had broken the refractory lining. The baffle on the flue was shut and the room was full of smoke.

Trail of destruction, hey? I’d be sending an invoice for repairs to whatever organisation sent them your way. And A Strongly Worded Letter.

“Hi guys!”

It is an American thing brought here through popular culture and can mean a group of males, females or male+females. I don’t suppose you have watched a lot of the tv show Friends…

When greeting a group of female friends you could say “hi ladies”, “hi girls”, “hi gals”… or the pretty casual “hi guys”. If there is a male present you can only really use the last one. (I know this is simplifying things and there are other options, but this is a common casual version).

“Bye guys!”

I on the other address large gatherings in the feminine as “ma bitches”

eg

howze it hanging ma bitches?

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wookiemeister said:

I on the other hand address large gatherings in the feminine as “ma bitches”

eg

howze it hanging ma bitches?

males will normally be addresses as mofos

eg

i’ll see you mofos next next

podzol said:

“Hi guys!”

It is an American thing brought here through popular culture and can mean a group of males, females or male+females. I don’t suppose you have watched a lot of the tv show Friends…

“Bye guys!”

I suppose we should be grateful that “hey, you” isn’t as catchy.

wookiemeister said:

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wookiemeister said:

I on the other hand address large gatherings in the feminine as “ma bitches”

eg

howze it hanging ma bitches?

as in?

Riff-in-Thyme said:

podzol said:

“Hi guys!”

It is an American thing brought here through popular culture and can mean a group of males, females or male+females. I don’t suppose you have watched a lot of the tv show Friends…

“Bye guys!”

I suppose we should be grateful that “hey, you” isn’t as catchy.

hey you, out there in the cold, getting lonel,y getting cold, can you feel me?

morrie said:

hey you, out there in the cold, getting lonel,y getting cold, can you feel me?

People who can’t acknowledge the genius in that album don’t genuinely appreciate music.

“Mother do you think they’ll tear your little boy apart?”

Since my son arrived that line can really destroy me. :(

bob(from black rock) said:

Divine Angel said:

Why do guys call women “Sheilas”?

Don’t know, goes back generations.

Does it? It made a massive appearance in “The Adventures of Barry McKenzie” in 1972 but I hadn’t heard it before then.

mollwollfumble said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Divine Angel said:

Why do guys call women “Sheilas”?

Don’t know, goes back generations.

Does it? It made a massive appearance in “The Adventures of Barry McKenzie” in 1972 but I hadn’t heard it before then.

.

Yes, yes it does. I remember being reprimanded by my mother in the late 50s for using the “Sheila” word.

Michael V said:

mollwollfumble said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Don’t know, goes back generations.

Does it? It made a massive appearance in “The Adventures of Barry McKenzie” in 1972 but I hadn’t heard it before then.

.

Yes, yes it does. I remember being reprimanded by my mother in the late 50s for using the “Sheila” word.

Found a web connection to the Oxford English Dictionary. It says:

sheila /ˈʃiːlə/
▶ noun Austral./NZ informal a girl or woman.
– origin mid 19th cent. (originally as shaler): of unknown origin, later assimilated to the given name Sheila.

Shaler?

• Shaler?

Sounds Oirish…

Word Origin & History

Sheila
fem. proper name, Ir. equivalent of Celia, shortened form of Cecilia (see Cecil). A standard type of an Ir. women’s name since 1828; slang for “girlfriend, young woman” dates from 1839.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source

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Dunno how reliable that is. But it seems rather Irish to me.

Just keeps getting more and more strange.

I’m heading to the armchair. One of my favourite shows is back with new episodes tonight…..Death in Paradise.

I may be back here later.

mollwollfumble said:

Michael V said:

mollwollfumble said:

Does it? It made a massive appearance in “The Adventures of Barry McKenzie” in 1972 but I hadn’t heard it before then.

.

Yes, yes it does. I remember being reprimanded by my mother in the late 50s for using the “Sheila” word.

Found a web connection to the Oxford English Dictionary. It says:

sheila /ˈʃiːlə/
▶ noun Austral./NZ informal a girl or woman.
– origin mid 19th cent. (originally as shaler): of unknown origin, later assimilated to the given name Sheila.

My Macquarie dictionary (yeah, yeah, I know, what a bogan) states that it probably comes from the Irish female given name.

buffy said:

Word Origin & History

Sheila
fem. proper name, Ir. equivalent of Celia, shortened form of Cecilia (see Cecil). A standard type of an Ir. women’s name since 1828; slang for “girlfriend, young woman” dates from 1839.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source

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Dunno how reliable that is. But it seems rather Irish to me.

I had a girlfriend called Sheila. She was Scottish. And not very reliable.

Oops, sorry.

>>I may be back here later.

OK I’ll leave a light on.

I only know one Scottish lady and her name is Christina, pronounced Chris-ty-na.

And that led me to the following: http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980519

The Australian (and New Zealand) use of sheila to mean ‘a girl or woman’ is almost certainly just a generic use of the female given name Sheila, which was originally an Irish form and which was common in Australia.

The generic use of personal names to represent a group (or a sex) is very common. Some examples are jane, a slang term for a woman; joe, a slang term for a man; paddy, a usually derogatory term for an Irish man, based on the male given name, a nickname from Patrick, a common Irish name; mick, also for an Irish man, from a nickname from Michael; and Jock for a Scotsman. None of these has any special reason (such as the being the first person with this name in a given place) for being used, other than the frequency of the name among the group (women, men, Irish, Scots).

The reason I say that sheila ‘a girl or woman’ is “almost certainly” a generic use of the name Sheila is that the form sheila wasn’t found until the 1910s; all of the examples in the 1800s—which are from England, not Australia—use the spelling shaler. It is likely that this spelling represents a common pronunciation of Sheila, so we can regard it as the same word; but it is possible that shaler is a different word that was later conformed to Sheila based on its assumed origin. It is worth observing, however, that Sheila (in that spelling) was used in Australia as a generic for ‘an Irish woman’ (not just ‘a woman’) in 1828, before shaler is first found.

What about “guy”? Is that from Guy?

English is a living language, and as such the meaning of words changes over time.

Divine Angel said:

I only know one Scottish lady and her name is Christina, pronounced Chris-ty-na.

There is some Spanish influence in Scotland, they say it is to do with the Spanish Armada ships that were wrecked on the Scottish coasts, the wife of one of my relations is very dark skinned and Spanish looking but born and bred in Scotland, her name is Isabel.

Divine Angel said:

What about “guy”? Is that from Guy?

Interesting question as Guy is common French name, but it is pronounced Ghee, whereas their word for guy is pronounced gas.

buffy said:

Word Origin & History

Sheila
fem. proper name, Ir. equivalent of Celia, shortened form of Cecilia (see Cecil). A standard type of an Ir. women’s name since 1828; slang for “girlfriend, young woman” dates from 1839.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source

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Dunno how reliable that is. But it seems rather Irish to me.

Yes, I think it is Irish too. My family is Irish and Sheila was used when other people didn’t.

Peak Warming Man said:

Divine Angel said:

I only know one Scottish lady and her name is Christina, pronounced Chris-ty-na.

There is some Spanish influence in Scotland, they say it is to do with the Spanish Armada ships that were wrecked on the Scottish coasts, the wife of one of my relations is very dark skinned and Spanish looking but born and bred in Scotland, her name is Isabel.

There is the same ‘myth’ in Ireland. It is of course largely crap. Any poor bastard from the Spanish Armada who actuaaly made it to the coast was quickly dispatched.

This made it hard for them to fornicate with the local wenches.

sibeen said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Divine Angel said:

I only know one Scottish lady and her name is Christina, pronounced Chris-ty-na.

There is some Spanish influence in Scotland, they say it is to do with the Spanish Armada ships that were wrecked on the Scottish coasts, the wife of one of my relations is very dark skinned and Spanish looking but born and bred in Scotland, her name is Isabel.

There is the same ‘myth’ in Ireland. It is of course largely crap. Any poor bastard from the Spanish Armada who actuaaly made it to the coast was quickly dispatched.

This made it hard for them to fornicate with the local wenches.

I thought it was about an army assembled by Sir Walter Raleigh, comprising Spanish soldiers?

Fair few Italian-stock people in Scotland since WW11.

I’ve never bothered to look up Black Irish before. In my family, which on my mother’s side is a very mixed lot of English/Irish/Scottish (my Dad’s side are more English) there are some of us (I’m one of them, and my grandfather) with dark eyes, which is attributed to the Black Irish a long way back. My lot came to Australia in the 1860s, so we have a number of generations of Australians since. This explanation looks interesting:

http://www.ireland-information.com/articles/blackirish.htm

The internet information suggests it is an American term, but it seems to be something used in my Mum’s family probably since they came here, if not before.