tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14146381.post2681480041909053403..comments2023-10-22T09:19:29.996-04:00Comments on I Hate The New Yorker: slang, euphamism and straight talkzoe p.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02535684589288030978noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14146381.post-20489134852311623172007-11-10T15:44:00.000-05:002007-11-10T15:44:00.000-05:00I got that. Actually, I thought about amending my ...I got that. <BR/><BR/>Actually, I thought about amending my entry to include only transitive uses of the verb land. But then I didn't. <BR/><BR/>What bugs me is that a baking job seemed rather small fry (so to speak) for the euphemism. Small (highly gendered) fry with bohemian cache.zoe p.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02535684589288030978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14146381.post-89394290237547174072007-11-09T21:07:00.000-05:002007-11-09T21:07:00.000-05:00Because that's where the euphemism comes from, fro...Because that's where the euphemism comes from, from fishing. You get the fish out of the water and onto land where you can eat it.Richard Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11203198987661026322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14146381.post-18459913320889517082007-11-05T09:10:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:10:00.000-05:00It's so true. I don't fish.It's so true. I don't fish.zoe p.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02535684589288030978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14146381.post-76612874184761383182007-11-04T16:53:00.000-05:002007-11-04T16:53:00.000-05:00You're not into fishing, are you?You're not into fishing, are you?Richard Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11203198987661026322noreply@blogger.com