30 Apr
2002
30 Apr
'02
4:02 a.m.
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:49:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: Googling and "egg-sucking" (was Re: "Toy" computers...)
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0204281433220.29291-100000(a)george.home.org>
--- Doc <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> wrote:
Hey, guys. Simplify. A Google search on the phrase "suck eggs" leads
to a clear explanation of the historical use of the phrase, dating
back to the 16th century in English, and older in other languages.
< http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-tea1.htm >
carl
On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
I got one hit with this...
"teaching grandpa to suck eggs"
And a bunch more by using the exact phraseology I heard growing up...
"teach your grandma to suck eggs"
With Google, spelling (and precise word selection) counts.
On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Doc wrote:
> > Dude.
> > Fire up your favorite Open Source browser. Go to
> > http://www.google.com
> > Do a search for this (quotation marks included):
> >
> > "Teach Grandpa to suck eggs"
>
> BTW Google doesn't find the quoted string... Argh.
Once again, what I thought was a universal expression turns out to be
a Texasism.
I would count it as an American Colloquialism, but I don't think of the
phrase as uniquely Texan. 
1 May
1 May
10:08 a.m.
Re:
> I got one hit with this...
...
> And a bunch more by using the exact phraseology I
heard growing up...
>
> "teach your grandma to suck eggs"
You'd get a *LOT* more if you used the more formal "grandmother"
(I got about 30 times as many for "grandmother" vs. "grandma") :)
and, re:
Hey, guys. Simplify. A Google search on the phrase
"suck eggs" leads
to a clear explanation of the historical use of the phrase, dating
back to the 16th century in English, and older in other languages.
< http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-tea1.htm >
Nice try, but it doesn't address what I think most people are interested
in learning about (for that phrase, anyway :) ... sucking eggs.
It address, instead, the concept of teaching people something they
already know.
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler
12:52 p.m.
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Stan Sieler wrote:
and, re:
Well, I dunno what most people are interested in learning about, but I
know that referral to "teaching people something they already know" was
the point of my original use of the phrase.
Doc
Hey, guys. Simplify. A Google search on the
phrase "suck eggs" leads
to a clear explanation of the historical use of the phrase, dating
back to the 16th century in English, and older in other languages.
< http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-tea1.htm >
Nice try, but it doesn't address what I think most people are interested
in learning about (for that phrase, anyway :) ... sucking eggs.
It address, instead, the concept of teaching people something they
already know.
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