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  • 27-02-2011 10:08pm
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    When someone asks me do I have something, for instance, ''Do you have any spare tea bags?''

    If the answer is yes, it has been pointed out to me that I have a habit of saying 'I have oceans of them' in answer to them.

    Anyone any idea where this saying comes from?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 206 ✭✭clouds


    I always thought it was that the had so many teabags they stretched as far as the eye could see and unfathomably (heh heh) deep. Like an ocean.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,218 Mod ✭✭✭✭slowburner


    I wonder could it be derivation of the Cavan "ohjious" (sp) referred to in the Hiberno-English lexicon thread?


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