Ginger: shapely girl, worth having a tumble with. Ginger hair.
Mary Anne: shapely girl, worth having a tumble with. Brunette.
/Troy McClure voice/ But for that ending to work, you’d have to ignore all the Simpson DNA evidence. And that would be downright nutty.
Bree is also Jane Fonda in Klute. Was known to spread as easily as Brie.
Scottish: the correct adjective to use when referring to people and things from Scotland. Not to be confused with Scotch, which refers specifically to the whisky.
Whisky: Used only for Scotch, I believe
Whiskey: used to refer to all other similar products, as in Irish Whiskey, et al.
Thanks for the clarification. I don’t thing that **centrifical ** is a mispronunciation, though. I believe it is a twisted word that has entered the popular consciousness as ‘a force that has something to do with circular motion’. I’m prepared to be proved wrong, of course. Until I took high school physics, centrifical was the only one that I had heard.
Kansas City, Missouri. In Missouri. Major city. Known for jazz and barbecue. Home of the Chiefs (football) and the Royals (American League Baseball). Not in Kansas.
Kansas City, Kansas. In Kansas. Smaller, known for the Kansas Speedway. Home of the T-Bones (independent league baseball).
They are two different cities, in two different states. They just happen to be next to each other and have the same name. Just because someone is from Kansas City does not mean they are from Kansas.
Insane–Crazy. Barmy–Crazy.
Inane–Stupid. Balmy–Soothing.
Ben Sisco - Not how you spell it
Ben Cisco - Not how you spell it
Ben Cisko - Not how you spell it
Ben Sisko - That’s how you spell it. Confirmed on Startrek.com just in case.
Some more common Star Trek character mis-spellings…
Whorf - Sound a sea lion might make.
Wharf - pier-like structure one fishes off of.
Worf - Lt Cmdr Worf - Klingon Starfleet officer.
Jordie - nope.
Geordie - Lt Cmdr Geordie LaForge - the blind guy.
Ryker - isn’t this one an island with a prison?
Riker - Cmdr William Thomas Riker
Can anyone think of others?
Wesley - Wesley Crusher. Annoying knowitall teen from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Westley - Farm boy from The Princess Bride. Becomes The Man in Black/Dread Pirate Roberts.
geordie - pertaining to a person from around Newcastle upon Tyne or the accent of such a person
Thank you! I’ve been wondering what the hell a “Geordie boy” is for years now, ever since I heard the phrase in a song. Any idea which George or Gerodie the term refers to?
Slush - dirty, half-melted snow, found in New York City half-an-hour after it stops snowing.
Slosh - what you do through the dirty, half-melted snow.
An American Werewolf in London: John Landis movie.
Werewolves of London: Warren Zevon’s one top-40 hit. Not used in Landis’ movie.
Wolverine: X-Men character. AKA Logan.
Hugh Jackman: Australian. Never arrested. Played Wolverine.
Hugh Grant: British. Arrested for lewd conduct with a prostitute. Wouldn’t last ten seconds after Logan got tired of his blushing and stammering.
Lou Grant: Played by Ed Asner on two different shows: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (comedy) and Lou Grant (drama).
Kate Winslet: Rose DeWitt Bukater. Also seen in Heavenly Creatures and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Usually a redhead; always voluptuous.
Cate Blanchett: Galadriel. Also seen in The Talented Mr. Ripley. Tall, slender and blonde. Soon to appear in that Howard Hughes bio as Katherine Hepburn.
Kate Hudson: Goldie Hawn’s daughter. Almost Famous and Raising Helen. Blonde, and somebody likes her ass, because it was the main feature of the RH poster.
Kate Beckinsale: Pearl Harbor and Van Helsing. Tall, curvy and brunette. Also soon to appear in HH bio, as Ava Gardner.
Dermot Mulroney: My Best Friend’s Wedding
Dylan McDermott: The Practice.
Dylan: Brenda’s boyfriend (for a while).
Brandon: Brenda’s brother (permanently).
Harold Green: Co-host of The Red Green Show, Possum Lake, Ontario.
Harold Greene: Co-anchor on KCBS News, Los Angeles, CA.
Half-siblings: Have one parent in common.
Step-siblings: Have no parents in common.
Billie Burke: Actress. Played Glinda in The Wizard of Oz. One-time mistress of Florenz Ziegfeld.
Billy Burke: Los Angeles DJ.
Ice Cube: The large one with the ‘fro. “F— tha Police”. First film was Boyz in the Hood. Real name O’Shea Jackson.
Ice-T: The thin one with the braids. “Cop Killer”. First film was New Jack City. Real name Tracy Morrow.
Good list; thanks for sorting out the Kate’s. But you forgot an obvious one:
Werewolf of London : Obscure & not-very-scary early werewolf movie.
To borrow a riff from “Get Shorty”…
Rio Bravo : Howard Hawks western with John Wayne as the sheriff, Dean Martin as the drunken deputy.
El Dorado : Howard Hawks western with John Wayne as the sheriff, Robert Mitchum as the drunken deputy.
Sorry but no. It’s Rikers Island. Although if the Enterprise officer bought it, it would be Riker’s Island.
As I learned Tuesday:
Pixie: bowtie
Dixie: vest
Balzac was a French journalist and writer, regarded as one of the creators of realism in literature.
Ball sack is that hairy, wrinkly thing that hangs between my legs.
Probably not. I think the term is waaaay older than that, and I doubt that a term for folks from Newcastle, England would be coined after a guy from the Highlands of Scotland.