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Discussion Groups / British English / December 2005good riddance (to bad rubbish)
Forget about x-mas. Gimmie some examples of the usage of this phrase. I know its meaning. OK? What I need is some nice context, nice story, fabulous conversation in which it came up. Cheers, Pawe³ > Forget about x-mas. I wish. > Gimmie some examples of the usage of this phrase. Say "please", please. Nicely. > I know its meaning. OK? What I need is some nice context, nice story, > fabulous conversation in which it came up. 1596 Shakes. Merch. V. ii. vii. 78 Portia adew.+ Por. A gentle riddance. c1613 Middleton No Wit like Woman's ii. iii, Low. They've given thee all the slip. Mis. Low. So, a fair riddance! 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode ii. ii, Loveit. Call him again. Pert. E'n let him go, a fair riddance. 1742 Young Nt. Th. ii. 119 We+all expedients tire, To lash the ling'ring moments into speed, And whirl us (happy riddance!) from ourselves. 1782 E. N. Blower Geo. Bateman III. 7 In less time than whilst one could cryA good riddance. 1847 Dickens Dombey (1848) xliv. 438 A good riddance of bad rubbish!+ Get along with you, or I'll have you carried out! 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xxxii, She is turned awayfor sauceand a good riddance of bad rubbish. 1883 Annie Thomas Mod. Housewife 35 As soon as his master comes home he shall go. A good riddance too, she said morosely. 1924 M. Irwin Still she wished for Company xviii. 220 If all they say downstairs is true+it's good riddance to bad foreign rubbish. 1928 S. Sassoon Mem. Fox-Hunting Man viii. ii. 287 It may well be wondered how the Hunt had survived the despotism of the old-world grandee, with whom previous Masters had been obliged to cooperate (as best Master we've ever had while they reigned, and good riddance of bad rubbish when they resigned). 1975 Times 4 July 5/3 The American War of Independence+can be seen, as George III consoled himself by looking at it, as good riddance to bad rubbish. 1977 H. Fast Immigrants ii. 110 A dead Chinese was good riddance to bad rubbish. HTH, HAND, MERRY X, PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR MANNERS. Giles >> Forget about x-mas. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Say "please", please. Nicely. Please nicely :-) >> I know its meaning. OK? What I need is some nice context, nice story, >> fabulous conversation in which it came up. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Giles > Gimmie some examples of the usage of this phrase. > I know its meaning. OK? What I need is some nice context, nice story, > fabulous conversation in which it came up. I associate it with the pushy middle-class family over the road when we were kids. The son, a total plonker, used it frequently, perhaps because it sounded posh to him. Well, he made it to the upper levels of the middle class. While we became teachers, engineers, opticians and so on, HE is now (at last sighting) a music critic for a national newspaper- and STILL a total plonker. Paul Burke My sentence was rude indeed. Accept my apologies. Could you be so kind and provide some sentences with this phrase, please? Regards, Pawe³ > Forget about x-mas. > Gimmie some examples of the usage of this phrase. > I know its meaning. OK? What I need is some nice context, nice story, > fabulous conversation in which it came up. > Cheers, > Pawe³ > My sentence was rude indeed. Accept my apologies. > Could you be so kind and provide some sentences with this phrase, please? I give up. Giles >> My sentence was rude indeed. Accept my apologies. >> Could you be so kind and provide some sentences with this phrase, please? > > I give up. Great, because you just waste your energy writing some smart-alec's remarks. Instead, you could help my learning and provide some examples of ...remember of what? I asked for "good riddance". Nevertheless, take care and maybe one day you'll find other way of writing than only responding to everything in a critical way. Merry Chr...uppps...Holiday Season Greetings.... or something, Take care, Pawel > Giles > you just waste your energy writing some smart-alec's remarks. > Instead, you could help my learning and provide some examples of ...remember > of what? I asked for "good riddance". No. Bog off, you're a pest. We don't have to give you anything, and it seems you are a presumptive arsehole. You said you were anglophile: we can do without being philed by some people. So sod off, and good riddance. Paul Burke >> you just waste your energy writing some smart-alec's remarks. Instead, >> you could help my learning and provide some examples of ...remember of [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > You said you were anglophile: we can do without being philed by some > people. Philed you mean liked? Pawel > So sod off, and good riddance. There we go. This is a nice example I asked for. Thanks. I promise to change my register. I am going to work on it hard. Give me a chance, please. I start with the word please. It will be used more often by me. You are nice folks here, I appreciate that. If I made you feel angry, it wasn't on purpose Cheers, Pawel > Paul Burke > Merry Chr...uppps...Holiday Season Greetings.... > or something, > Take care, > Pawel Nope, in the UK we still wish each other Merry Christmas. >>>My sentence was rude indeed. Accept my apologies. >>>Could you be so kind and provide some sentences with this phrase, please? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Nevertheless, take care and maybe one day you'll find other way of writing > than only responding to everything in a critical way. I'm afraid you've outstayed your welcome here. You're impolite, demanding and often downright insulting. I suggest you take a look at the newsgroups alt.usage.english and alt.english.usage if you really want to know how friendly this newsgroup is. There no quarter is taken or given. Perhaps you can come back when you've acquired better manners. Goodbye. Einde O'Callaghan >>>>My sentence was rude indeed. Accept my apologies. >>>>Could you be so kind and provide some sentences with this phrase, [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Einde O'Callaghan Well, well, well. There you go. Teaching me good manners. How come you did not take into consideration the simple fact I am not a native speaker and sometime it may happen that I sound rude due to the simple fact of misusage of words. However, you know better. My intentions are always the same. To learn something. And some people here, instead of answering questions find it funny to trample on me a lot. And this is a thing I cannot bear. OK, Sorry for this. I guess there is always the word you can say in such a situation. I am sorry. I know that other lists are obnoxious and use a lot of bad language. So I wouldn't like to lose this one. Take care, Cheers, Pawel Poland >>>>My sentence was rude indeed. Accept my apologies. >>>>Could you be so kind and provide some sentences with this phrase, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I'm afraid you've outstayed your welcome here. You're impolite, demanding > and often downright insulting. From now on there is this woe. I improve my language. My New Year's resolution. If you find anything rude, let me know. I have to work on my English register. Pawel I suggest you take a look at > the newsgroups alt.usage.english and alt.english.usage if you really want > to know how friendly this newsgroup is. There no quarter is taken or [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Einde O'Callaghan In message <206f8$43abdd95$d4ba586d$19133@news.chello.pl>, at 12:20:43 on Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Pawel Piotr Stawski <english@stawski.pl> wibbled >> I give up. > >Great, because you just waste your energy writing some smart-alec's remarks. >Instead, you could help my learning and provide some examples of ...remember >of what? I asked for "good riddance". >Nevertheless, take care and maybe one day you'll find other way of writing >than only responding to everything in a critical way. Actually, you demanded not 'asked' by your use of 'gimme' in your original post. As a reader and occasional poster here I think you've been remarkably well treated despite your often bad manners and generally demanding attitude, so a lot of allowance has been given you as a non native speaker. I think you have perhaps been given more than you actually deserved as your standard of English in subsequent posts is generally much better - as in your quoted post above. The frequent "requests" that you post are getting to the point that you see this newsgroup as your own personal learning centre (which it isn't) and are getting to be a pest: one who is intolerant, insistent and insulting - just look at the response you gave above. If you really want people to say, in your language, "Spierdalaj" then carry on. The sentence with 'good riddance' will be: "When Pawel unsubscribes from this newsgroup, people will say 'good riddance'." I would strongly suggest that you shut up for a while and think about what you have been told about your manners, attitude and being a pest both in this and other posts. I would also suggest that you make an apology for your manners before you shut up for a while. Being the season of goodwill: Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku.  SignaturePedt Helpful words 02: Inspissate (v) To thicken, especially a liquid, by evaporation. "Excuse me whilst I just inspissate the soup" may lead to unusual reactions from hard-of-hearing chefs. > In message <206f8$43abdd95$d4ba586d$19133@news.chello.pl>, at 12:20:43 on > Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Pawel Piotr Stawski <english@stawski.pl> wibbled [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > "When Pawel unsubscribes from this newsgroup, people will say 'good > riddance'." Thanks for this example. Regards, Pawel > I would strongly suggest that you shut up for a while and think about what > you have been told about your manners, attitude and being a pest both in > this and other posts. I would also suggest that you make an apology for > your manners before you shut up for a while. > > Being the season of goodwill: Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku. > In message <206f8$43abdd95$d4ba586d$19133@news.chello.pl>, at 12:20:43 on > Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Pawel Piotr Stawski <english@stawski.pl> wibbled [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Being the season of goodwill: Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku. Thank you very much, especially for the last line, the same to you. I do not think that "shut up" is a polite way to suggest a better behaviour but if you suppose that using curses in Polish and other offensive vocabulary would be correct when teaching a good behaviour just carry on. In one line say a swearing in other wish me all the best. It's rather ambiguous attitude towards people. I stressed that many time. Instead of "gimmie" should be "could you please ..." however, when writing I simply dropped that. That's it. Case closed. At least for me. My private learning centre? Well, I try to use whatever I can to improve my language. I was given a lesson here not to use certain words and I am going to improve my register. Unfortunately, if a Pole is going to curse in my own language, next time I am going to sharpshoot as well. After such words I guess Merry X-mas sounds rather funny. But you did it, so I am going to do it too. Regards, Pawel In message <469b8$43ac3939$d4ba586d$11249@news.chello.pl>, at 18:51:42 on Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Pawel Piotr Stawski <english@stawski.pl> wibbled >> Being the season of goodwill: Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku. > >Thank you very much, especially for the last line, the same to you. Thank you. >I do not >think that "shut up" is a polite way to suggest a better behaviour No Pawel. I was suggesting that you think about what some people are telling you and do not post until you have thought about it. >but if >you suppose that using curses in Polish and other offensive vocabulary would >be correct when teaching a good behaviour just carry on. No Pawel. I told you, in your own language, what you could expect the responses to be if you continued in your current behaviour in this newsgroup, as you may not have understand the English phrases that would be used. I took the time to get a phrase you would understand in your own language. I should not have bothered. Seven new threads from you including two you have responded to yourself at least once and one where it is obvious you know similar slang in the UK suggests you are not going to listen to any negative comments. >Unfortunately, if a Pole is going to curse in my own language, I am not Polish. >next time I am going to sharpshoot as well. I will not see your posts in future. >After such words I guess Merry X-mas sounds rather funny. Not really. I took my time to explain to you how you appeared to this newsgroup in your posts and how you could amend your behaviour in response to the negative comments to stay as part of this group. I was trying to be helpful. If you do not like that then it is your problem. This does not mean that I should not wish you a happy Christmas. I admin a mailing list of people (not Polish) who are learning English as a self-help group, some of whom are very fluent. I pointed this group of people at ucle. Although none have AFAIAA called on the resources of this newsgroup yet, they may do so in future with possibly tortured English that ucle will try to unravel as a matter of course. I would not expect any of the mailing list to exhibit the attitude and rudeness that you have done. Czochraj bobra. SignaturePedt Charter of uk.culture.language.english (Not Moderated) This newsgroup is for the discussion of use and abuse of the English language, as used in the UK, including serious and humorous examples, likes and dislikes, and the evolution of English. >> My sentence was rude indeed. Accept my apologies. >> Could you be so kind and provide some sentences with this phrase, please? > > I give up. > > Giles > Forget about x-mas. > Gimmie some examples of the usage of this phrase. "I see that the Yellow party received a real drubbing in the election", said Michael. "Good riddance to bad rubbish, I say", James retorted. >> Forget about x-mas. >> Gimmie some examples of the usage of this phrase., PLEASE *should be >> here, wasn't, sorry. > "I see that the Yellow party received a real drubbing in the election", > said > Michael. > "Good riddance to bad rubbish, I say", James retorted. Although I screwed the question thank you for your contribution. Regards, Pawel Sometimes it happens that I recall something. Then I post it as an addition to my previous thought. Big deal. Regards, Pawel >>> Forget about x-mas. >>> Gimmie some examples of the usage of this phrase., PLEASE *should be [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Regards, > Pawel |
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