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Balderdash and Piffle

Posted: 02 Jan 2006, 18:36
by grim_tales
9pm, BBC2

Interesting sounding programme about the origins of words/expressions and where they come from. For instance, where does the expression "The Full Monty" come from?

Anyone going to see it? :)

Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 12:28
by BiscLimpkit
Did I miss this?

In case I did, can anyone reveal some interesting facts that they learned from the programme?

Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 15:13
by grim_tales
I don't know, did you miss it Bisc or didnt you? :D

Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 22:31
by BiscLimpkit
I guess I did lol. :D

Did you watch this?

Posted: 06 Jan 2006, 10:28
by grim_tales
Yes, it was pretty good IMO. They all had phrases like "pear shaped", "ploughman's lunch" or whatever, first turning up around a certain time, and the presenter would say "No, we've found it turns up earlier" and they had to go to the writers of the Oxford Dictionary to persuade them to rewrite it. :)