tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post115559157326479818..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: Antonia BunceLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1155760414385097972006-08-16T20:33:00.000+00:002006-08-16T20:33:00.000+00:00Antonia - some of my witticisms fall on stony grou...Antonia - some of my witticisms fall on stony ground ...<BR/><BR/>"BUNCE n. British -- money or profit. A word dating from the 19th century and almost obsolete by the 1960s, except among street traders and the London underworld. In the late 1980s the word was revived by middle-class users such as alternative comedians in search of colourful synonyms in a climate of financial excesses. Bunce may originally have been a corruption of 'bonus.'" "The Dictionary of Contemporary Slang" by Tony Thorne (Pantheon Books, New York, 1990).<BR/>"British English: A to Zed" by Norman W. Schur (Harper Perennial, New York, 1987) says the American equivalent is "windfall." And that bunce is informal, "...Originally, just an profit (derived from bonus?) but latterly an unexpected one. It has now gained some currency as a verb, especially in the gerund, buncing, to describe the practice, in retail stores, of sticking new higher-price tags over the original lower-price labels on articles for sale."Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1155725511977259362006-08-16T10:51:00.000+00:002006-08-16T10:51:00.000+00:00Who's Bob piper?Who's Bob piper?AntiCitizenOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017073518049848696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1155719361665901622006-08-16T09:09:00.000+00:002006-08-16T09:09:00.000+00:00B-*A*-N-C-E, please, LabanB-*A*-N-C-E, please, LabanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1155659757968167862006-08-15T16:35:00.000+00:002006-08-15T16:35:00.000+00:00Be fair - I often do typos.Bob's blog is very ente...Be fair - I often do typos.<BR/><BR/>Bob's blog is very entertaining. Reminds me of my sociology classes at Leeds circa 75.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1155658843031662782006-08-15T16:20:00.000+00:002006-08-15T16:20:00.000+00:00"cliental"? Oh, clientele.... Tsk, educational sta...<I>"cliental"</I><BR/><BR/>? <BR/><BR/>Oh, <I>clientele</I>.... Tsk, educational standards, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1155652704136241712006-08-15T14:38:00.000+00:002006-08-15T14:38:00.000+00:00Bob,If you spend your days posting comments on blo...Bob,<BR/><BR/>If you spend your days posting comments on blogs soon you won't be representing anyone.<BR/><BR/>I have never been elected to office, nor will I ever stand. Don't have the temperament for it. Besides, I have a mild disability which might impair my effectiveness. <BR/><BR/>Let's stop taking up Laban's space and have an e-mail debate. On the assumption that you've read my blog, you describe my beliefs as 'madcap'. <BR/><BR/>Ok, pick one and I'll debate it with you. The e-mail address is on my blog.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11219870920638914624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1155650455291049192006-08-15T14:00:00.000+00:002006-08-15T14:00:00.000+00:00Sure did! Just exactly who do you represent? Altho...Sure did! Just exactly who do you represent? Although I don't suppose you've put your madcap ideas to the test have you?Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1155645857276033102006-08-15T12:44:00.000+00:002006-08-15T12:44:00.000+00:00Laban,You mean...people actually voted for this gu...Laban,<BR/><BR/>You mean...people actually voted for this guy?<BR/><BR/>Crikey, I thought the state of Scottish democracy was bad...Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11219870920638914624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1155645262731818822006-08-15T12:34:00.000+00:002006-08-15T12:34:00.000+00:00good idea.good idea.Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1155637959755044202006-08-15T10:32:00.000+00:002006-08-15T10:32:00.000+00:00Laban, I think you're supposed to hide in the corn...Laban, <BR/><BR/>I think you're supposed to hide in the corner, now that the racism stick's been waved. <BR/><BR/>Along with your clientele, of course.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11219870920638914624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1155634691206586372006-08-15T09:38:00.000+00:002006-08-15T09:38:00.000+00:00Of course there is, despite me personally closing ...Of course there is, despite me personally closing down manufacturing industries by the week! Prat!<BR/><BR/>Stick to your racist ranting... it's got a certain sort of cliental.Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.com