ToddyDoody wrote: » Yeats was a great Irish eccentric that has very scant reference in the culture. He saw the face of God, it drove him a little mad. Many nowadays would wish he'd stfu.
ILoveYourVibes wrote: » He spells it Yates dude! :rolleyes:
ILoveYourVibes wrote: » Also isn't that an odd funny word? My mom's dad used to forget the word for umbrella a lot. I mean you would never think it would be called that. It German its called a Regenschirm which means rain shield. Which is logical and useful for remembering what's called. There is like a link to what its called in your mind. Its weirdness is because its a loan word from Italian. From ombra (shade) and latin Umbra. Its a funny old word to try to remember.
Badly Drunk Boy wrote: » Why would it be it so hard to remember, other than your own personal knowledge of language? As you said yourself, it comes from 'shade', shade from the sun (originally) and then from the rain.
Airyfairy12 wrote: » Go into any pub and you'll find dodgy feckers, gamblers and people who write poetry and music.
Deja Boo wrote: » The Lost Umbrella, 1912“I never lost an umbrella..."
Deja Boo wrote: » Well, I suspect it's where the saying comes from anyway. :rolleyes: You didn't love the vibes*?(seems we have been here before deja vu perhaps?) *Username doesnae check out.
Deja Boo wrote: » The last line of the story you didn't like. The thread title. :rolleyes:
Deja Boo wrote: » U mean the same way your entertaining :rolleyes: history of the umbrella had to do with the original post? YOU LOST ME AT THE UMBRELLA! I was replying to ^ the inquiries as to the possibility of the umbrella metaphor, in the OP's title. The punch line in the story IS the OP's title. Consider this, a performer on stage tells a joke when a heckler yells "you lost me at the umbrella" ...since there are no umbrellas on stage it suggests the joke is boring to her, that she doesn't get it. Umbrella could be anything that is irrelevant to the performance... As is mentioned in the opening post. Also, a quote from Orange is the New Black.
Your Face wrote: » Earlier, I called into a small pub I haven't been in years. It was always full of eccentrics, not characters, but people who lived their lives according to their own lights. Actors, workers, musicians, gamblers, poets, dodgy feckers etc. There was an old stage where bands and sometimes plays were put on. There were stories. Stories of things that happened. Well now the seats are comfortable and the toilets are clean. The shelves are full of meaningless memorabilia of events that never happened. The pictures on the wall of people who were never there. The bar staff all look interesting but they're just a haircut away from being boring. Instead of individuals, it's a collection of people with a 'look'. Of course times change and businesses need to make money. I just wonder where all the eccentric people went.
blinding wrote: » You could add some character to the place with a murder ! If you don’t wan to go that far just get a dead body and fake a murder . That kind of thing brings people together ( for fear they are next ) Probably explains the sacrificing.......
ILoveYourVibes wrote: » It sounds very very italian. UmBRELLA say it with an exaggerated Luigi style stereotypical Italian accent. Its SUCH an Italian word! It doesn't even sound like it should be English.
Autecher wrote: » It's probably because I was such a Super Mario fan when I was a kid but I still as a 36 year old man regularly say things to myself in a terrible exaggerated stereotypical Italian accent and do you know what ILYV? It makes every word funnier, EVERY SINGLE WORD! I will probably pass this racist tradition on to my nieces so they can give the eulogy at my funeral entirely in that same exaggerated stereotypical Italian accent. I can think of no finer send off....
ILoveYourVibes wrote: » I think they might be boring! But then so am I!
ILoveYourVibes wrote: » It doesn't come from the English language itself. It comes from a latin root word. For people learning English loan words are often hard to remember. They don't link to any other ideas in the English language itself. Its not a sunscreen its not a rainsheild. It doesn't even sound at all English. It sounds very very italian. UmBRELLA say it with an exaggerated Luigi style stereotypical Italian accent. Its SUCH an Italian word! It doesn't even sound like it should be English. I mean how could your brain be switched to English and remember that??
Autecher wrote: » Also, I think we talked about this a few days ago but you are certainly not boring. You have a lot of knowledge in that head of yours and you express it in a very entertaining way in my opinion. Though did you stay up all night on Boards last night? You're name is everywhere on After Hours. Get some sleep ILoveYourVibes, we're not going anywhere, we will still be here when you wake up
champchamp wrote: » What is going on? Are they my feet?
biko wrote: » I spoke to a fella in such a pub. He was ok dressed but quite drunk. He was writing a book. I asked what he was going to name it. "Upper echelon business management with an Agile approach"
ILoveYourVibes wrote: » How does the umbrella figure into this? Also isn't that an odd funny word? My mom's dad used to forget the word for umbrella a lot. I mean you would never think it would be called that. It German its called a Regenschirm which means rain shield. Which is logical and useful for remembering what's called. There is like a link to what its called in your mind. The yiddish word is regnshirem. Its weirdness is because its a loan word from Italian. From ombra (shade) and latin Umbra. The russian zontik is also a loan word from dutch 'zonnedak' which is a sun parasol or sun canopy. Its a funny old word to try to remember.
