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Discussion Groups / British English / March 2005"thick in the clear"
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. At 10:22:51 on Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Miss Grunge <missgrunge@yourwighotmail.com> wrote in <422d0c7c$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>: >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. 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.  SignatureMolly Mockford They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin (My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.) >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. I don't remember having heard it. But I used to be threatened with a "thick ear" when I misbehaved. SignaturePhil C. > "You sound a bit thick in the clear", > Does anyone know the origin of this phrase? A public inquiry has exonerated yet another politician? Paul Burke "Miss Grunge" <missgrunge@yourwighotmail.com> wrote... > 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 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Does anyone know the origin of this phrase? I've googled > unsuccessfully. Hmm ... thick and clear -- could it be an obscure soup reference? Matti |
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