Does anybody know or remember the old diner lingo? (9)
I think it may be a bit earlier, perhaps from the '30s, originally. I can't remember any; the day of the roadside diner is long passed, fast-food franchises having replaced them decades ago. One bit of jargon survives in restaurants everywhere, which may be descended from diner lingo: "86," meaning, "we're out of it." I myself have heard at least 3 different stories as to how that term originated. I believe none.
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Also, there's this:
I dunno how much I would believe it. It starts off claiming there's evidence for such a code that dates back to the 1870s or 1880s, but some of the entries ("Arnold Palmer," "Zeppelin") refute that.
I dunno how much I would believe it. It starts off claiming there's evidence for such a code that dates back to the 1870s or 1880s, but some of the entries ("Arnold Palmer," "Zeppelin") refute that.
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Dagosto: Also, there's this:
I dunno how much I would believe it. It starts off claiming there's evidence for such a code that dates back to the 1870s or 1880s, but some of the entries ("Arnold Palmer," "Zeppelin") refute that.
Interesting WIKI though!I dunno how much I would believe it. It starts off claiming there's evidence for such a code that dates back to the 1870s or 1880s, but some of the entries ("Arnold Palmer," "Zeppelin") refute that.
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Do these phrases get abbreviated?
It strikes me, that like Cockney Rhyming Slang, the alternative takes longer to say than the original.
Road = frog and toad = I was going down the frog...
Mate = china plate = Alright, me old china?
Or are the alternatives easier to hear and distinguish in a noisy diner environment?
It strikes me, that like Cockney Rhyming Slang, the alternative takes longer to say than the original.
Road = frog and toad = I was going down the frog...
Mate = china plate = Alright, me old china?
Or are the alternatives easier to hear and distinguish in a noisy diner environment?
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jac379: Do these phrases get abbreviated?
It strikes me, that like Cockney Rhyming Slang, the alternative takes longer to say than the original.
Road = frog and toad = I was going down the frog...
Mate = china plate = Alright, me old china?
Or are the alternatives easier to hear and distinguish in a noisy diner environment?
It strikes me, that like Cockney Rhyming Slang, the alternative takes longer to say than the original.
Road = frog and toad = I was going down the frog...
Mate = china plate = Alright, me old china?
Or are the alternatives easier to hear and distinguish in a noisy diner environment?
My guess is it was partly for show, and partly to communicate by shouting without everyone in earshot understanding...by speaking in code. One of the uses of "86" listed in the Wiki link I posted is "don't serve that customer any more drinks."
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Dagosto: My guess is it was partly for show, and partly to communicate by shouting without everyone in earshot understanding...by speaking in code. One of the uses of "86" listed in the Wiki link I posted is "don't serve that customer any more drinks."
When we did not want anyone to know what we were saying. we'd use our own home brand of pidgin english
something like this:
'Mi hamamas long lukim yu' means 'I am happy to see you.'
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Merriweather: When we did not want anyone to know what we were saying. we'd use our own home brand of pidgin english
something like this:
'Mi hamamas long lukim yu' means 'I am happy to see you.'
something like this:
'Mi hamamas long lukim yu' means 'I am happy to see you.'
I thought that, too.
If its a standard diner slang, its no longer code.
That's why the names for marujuana change with such regularity.
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"Adam and Eve on a raft" was two eggs on toast, "Wreck em" means make the eggs scrambled.
Anybody remember any others?