Escape Artists
The Lounge at the End of the Universe => Gallimaufry => Topic started by: Russell Nash on October 06, 2008, 06:24:25 PM
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My wife got a work email and we can't figure out part of it.
The guy was in Berlin on kind of a working vacation. After he met with my wife, he spent a couple of more days in town.
In a recent email exchange she said she hoped the rest of his vacation went well. he said yes and mentioned a few things he did including this phrase:
"including the Pergamon which I thought was excellent but didn't half go on a bit!"
The Pergamon is a famous museum in Berlin. It is very huge and very cool.
After the "excellent" we have no idea what he's saying. Please help!
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He's saying it was too big, and took too long to see it all.
To "go on a bit" - to be too long, in terms of time; often applied to political speeches.
"Didn't half..." - a modifier used to add emphasis; totally; compare with "doesn't do things by halves".
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It was the "didn't half" that got us.
"It went on a bit" makes since. I use that one from time to time. But in combination I couldn't figure out if it was too big or not. It seemed like he was saying it sort of went on a bit.
Thanks
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If you want to have a bit of fun, http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/links.htm has a right few bits that you'd not cock your nose at if you want to use your loaf and puzzle a few other letters out in the future. ;)