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donnie wrote:
Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:41 pm
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house

(why do you associate "james" with "home"?)
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Kitty wrote:
Wed May 01, 2024 6:55 pm
(why do you associate "james" with "home"?)
From that old colloquial phrase of the gentleman to the chauffeur, "Home, James." :)

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Room, and I've never heard that phrase as a common saying!
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Kitty wrote:
Wed May 01, 2024 8:44 pm
...I've never heard that phrase as a common saying!
Really? :) I've heard it all my life, though I didn't know where it comes from; apparently an old British expression, originally, and usually used in a joking way now.
https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/ ... james.html

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Cool!

Poltergeist (famous hallway scene)
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I've not seen that movie, so I'll give a generic word.

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Ghost
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Friendly (as in Casper, the)

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Ice cream (two words, I know, but they go together so well)
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