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Miss Grunge
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:14 am
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This is a dialect phrase that my English mother (Staffs/Warks) uses. It is
in the context: "You sound a bit thick in the clear", when she is listening
to someone who is coming down with a cold and has developed that clogged up
sound in the throat.
Does anyone know the origin of this phrase? I've googled unsuccessfully.
Thanks,
Miss G.
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Molly Mockford
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 2:47 pm
Post subject: Re: "thick in the clear" |
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At 10:22:51 on Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Miss Grunge
<missgrunge@yourwighotmail.com> wrote in <422d0c7c$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>:
| Quote: | This is a dialect phrase that my English mother (Staffs/Warks) uses. It is
in the context: "You sound a bit thick in the clear", when she is listening
to someone who is coming down with a cold and has developed that clogged up
sound in the throat.
Does anyone know the origin of this phrase? I've googled unsuccessfully.
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My late mother-in-law (origins working-class London, adult life in
Sussex) used it regularly, but I never knew where it came from. So
that's not much help, I'm afraid.
--
Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
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Phil C.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:44 pm
Post subject: Re: "thick in the clear" |
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On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:22:51 +0800, "Miss Grunge"
<missgrunge@yourwighotmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | This is a dialect phrase that my English mother (Staffs/Warks) uses. It is
in the context: "You sound a bit thick in the clear", when she is listening
to someone who is coming down with a cold and has developed that clogged up
sound in the throat.
Does anyone know the origin of this phrase? I've googled unsuccessfully.
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I don't remember having heard it. But I used to be threatened with a
"thick ear" when I misbehaved.
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Phil C.
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Paul Burke
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:16 am
Post subject: Re: "thick in the clear" |
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Miss Grunge wrote:
| Quote: | "You sound a bit thick in the clear",
Does anyone know the origin of this phrase?
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A public inquiry has exonerated yet another politician?
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Matti Lamprhey
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:57 am
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"Miss Grunge" <missgrunge@yourwighotmail.com> wrote...
| Quote: | This is a dialect phrase that my English mother (Staffs/Warks) uses.
It is in the context: "You sound a bit thick in the clear", when she
is listening to someone who is coming down with a cold and has
developed that clogged up sound in the throat.
Does anyone know the origin of this phrase? I've googled
unsuccessfully.
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Hmm ... thick and clear -- could it be an obscure soup reference?
Matti |
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