Q: What is the BIGGEST word you’ve seen used in a book lately – that made you stop and look it up? Might as well leave the definition & book too.
A: I forgot the latest! But there was one time when I was just starting to read, that made me stop and think of what is the meaning of Jump in his bones?? I remember it goes like this, "I think she wants to jump in his bones." That was Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella. I knew that it was a slang phrase but I honestly don't know what it meant THAT TIME. Now I know you think how clueless I am. I'm sorry, I'm not from your country (I'm not familiar with their..slangs) and I was just starting to read that time..and it wasn't YA.
So..I felt like first grader. LOL
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It happens! I know when I read books where a character is from England and uses odd phrases I have to pause and think a moment. Sometimes looking it up too!
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Thank God I'm not the only one. o.O
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*giggles* We don't have odd phrases :P
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Oh, yes you do! Hahaha
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LOL, yea I can really understand your confusion with that one.
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ReplyDeleteIt's true that slang can be difficult to get sometimes, and then, when we do get it - it makes us feel good - yet another aspect of the language is mastered.
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ReplyDeleteHaha, that's so funny! I never encountered those two phrases before!
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Haha, that's too funny! It is fairly common slang in the US, but I can see where it would be confusing (what a weird idiom, right?) I sometimes run into expressions like that, and then I realize how naive I am.
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