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Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
loneleeb3:
Great Story Laura!
serious crayons:
My dog is a bit ambivalent about rawhide chewy treats. He often chews them for a while but then leaves big chunks of them on the floor. So today I was sweeping the floor and complaining to him about how many he'd left lying around, and I said, "What's the matter with you? There's a thousand of 'em."
Fun to still be able to dust off a Brokieism now and then! Especially to an appreciative audience like my dog.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 11, 2009, 03:09:14 pm ---My dog is a bit ambivalent about rawhide chewy treats. He often chews them for a while but then leaves big chunks of them on the floor. So today I was sweeping the floor and complaining to him about how many he'd left lying around, and I said, "What's the matter with you? There's a thousand of 'em."
Fun to still be able to dust off a Brokieism now and then! Especially to an appreciative audience like my dog.
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That's great K! :)
I don't know if you would have noticed from the Lonesome Dove thread, but the "but there's thousands of 'em" complaint was used by McMurtry, not in Lonesome Dove itself but in one of his pre-quel novel to Lonesome Dove called Dead Man's Walk. In that case it's in reference to a huge herd of buffalo which a group of rangers is forbidden to hunt by one of their captains.
Lately, I've been having fun detecting some of the roots of Brokieisms (as they exist in the screenplay) in McMurtry's other writing. It's been a while since I've used a significant Brokieism in real life, beyond little things like "tell you what" and "sure enough." I think "sure enough" is probably my most common Brokieism.
Penthesilea:
Just yesterday I used something similar to a Brokieism.
Family meeting for my aunt's birthday. My brother-in-law (who loves BBM) and my husband usually take the aunt's dog for a walk and escape the lively event for a while ;D.
Yesterday both the dog and my BIL couldn't join my husband because of accident injuries (my BIL) respectively old age and a big tumor on the dog's side (sad story). Hubby went for a walk alone to see the new housing estate area.
Kidding comment by my BIL: "OH, Chrissi, don't you think you should be worried about your husband wandering off all by his own? Don't you think it's suspicious?"
My reply: "As long as he doesn't go with his fishing buddy I don't care." ;D
It was nice to share an inside joke with another BBM lover. I gave the DVD to my BIL not long ago and yesterday I got FB on it: he absolutely LOVES BBM! :D He said it's the best film ever, and he has seen it three times already. Yay!
He asked me what I think how Jack died! Sounds familiar? ;D
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on April 11, 2009, 04:53:12 pm ---Just yesterday I used something similar to a Brokieism.
Family meeting for my aunt's birthday. My brother-in-law (who loves BBM) and my husband usually take the aunt's dog for a walk and escape the lively event for a while ;D.
Yesterday both the dog and my BIL couldn't join my husband because of accident injuries (my BIL) respectively old age and a big tumor on the dog's side (sad story). Hubby went for a walk alone to see the new housing estate area.
Kidding comment by my BIL: "OH, Chrissi, don't you think you should be worried about your husband wandering off all by his own? Don't you think it's suspicious?"
My reply: "As long as he doesn't go with his fishing buddy I don't care." ;D
It was nice to share an inside joke with another BBM lover. I gave the DVD to my BIL not long ago and yesterday I got FB on it: he absolutely LOVES BBM! :D He said it's the best film ever, and he has seen it three times already. Yay!
He asked me what I think how Jack died! Sounds familiar? ;D
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Wow! That's very cool to have a budding Brokie in your own family! If he's seen it 3 times, maybe that's an indication of the beginnings of Brokie-fever. ;D
He's lucky to have a Brokeback expert for a sister-in-law so that you can have some serious discussions together. :)
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