AIO and Catch phrases

gimp80995 · Post by **gimp80995** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:05 pm

OK, a lot of the characters have their own special "catch phrase"..........and no doubt many of us do as well..........what are some catch phrases you would like to hear on AIO regularly?

A few of mine are

Cool Beans

Peace Out (you had to have known that was commin)

It's all good.

Peace Out

-Gimp

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:34 am

What can Brown do for you?

Trent DeWhite · Post by **Trent DeWhite** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:49 am

Toodles! (or has that been used in an ep?

)

Wurd up?

gimp80995 · Post by **gimp80995** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:46 am

I don't think Toodles has been used

Wurd up would also be good to hear

Peace Out

-Gimp

Me · Post by Me » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:16 pm

gimp80995 wrote:I don't think Toodles has been used

Yes it has. Doris Rathbone used it. I believe it was in the ep where Edwin came back to town.

Trent DeWhite · Post by **Trent DeWhite** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:40 pm

Me wrote:
gimp80995 wrote:I don't think Toodles has been used
Yes it has. Doris Rathbone used it. I believe it was in the ep where Edwin came back to town.

Ooh, yes. I believe you are correct. Still, "Toodles!" could be used more often . . .

Other exclamations I'd like to here more often:

Sweet!

Dude, my man!

[name] is in the HOWSE! $\:D/$

Post by **Catspaw** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:26 pm

One reason that might explain why AIO doesn't use a bunch of phrases like these is that it dates the episodes. Some phrases are cool for a little while, and then die, leaving future generations rolling in the aisles at the stupidity of their elders. By avoiding some current lingo, AIO retains more of a timeless quality.

gimp80995 · Post by **gimp80995** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:29 pm

Trent DeWhite wrote: Other exclamations I'd like to here more often:

Dude, my man!

I would settle for "Dude".

Peace Out

-Gimp

Trent DeWhite · Post by **Trent DeWhite** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:31 pm

Well explained, Catspaw. I don't know about everyone else, but I personally wouldn't expect AIO to use any of these suggested catch phrases.

Although it'd be cool (and perhaps even amusing) to hear them used, it would make AIO seem less drama-like.

:: nod ::

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:49 pm

Catspaw wrote:One reason that might explain why AIO doesn't use a bunch of phrases like these is that it dates the episodes. Some phrases are cool for a little while, and then die, leaving future generations rolling in the aisles at the stupidity of their elders. By avoiding some current lingo, AIO retains more of a timeless quality.

Another example is music that's in style. The music Monty played in A Member of the Family is downright odd, but was probably popular in 1987.

-Jonathan

gimp80995 · Post by **gimp80995** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:04 pm

And Curt always saying things were "radical".........I haven't heard it much in recent years, but I remember when "radical" was common place for kids to say.

Peace Out

-Gimp

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:14 pm

gimp80995 wrote:And Curt always saying things were "radical".........I haven't heard it much in recent years, but I remember when "radical" was common place for kids to say.

Peace Out

-Gimp

That's true.

People used to say "rad" a lot when I was young.

Bmuntz · Post by **Bmuntz** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:13 pm

Dosen't Jasmine in The Case of the Disappearing Hortons say rad? I'm not sure if she did or just said something else somewhat like that.

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:36 pm

She used some various phrases from the 60's and 70's right?

gimp80995 · Post by **gimp80995** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:34 pm

I think popular lingo is also regional.......I've lived in some places where nearly no one said "that's awesome" or "this is awesome"........then traveld to another region (same country) and nearly everyone said it........same with terms like "Peace Out", "For real", "word up", etc.

The same goes for styles of clothing..........what's popular say in Washington State may not be so in Wisconsion, and what's popular in Wisconsion might not be all that popular in Tennessee......

Peace Out

-Gimp

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:38 pm

I've heard people claim that "awesome" is more of a Midwestern phenomenon but I don't know how accurate that is.

gimp80995 · Post by **gimp80995** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:40 pm

I've heard "awesome" most frequently used in the midwest.........a few other places, but not as frequently.

Peace Out

-Gimp

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:43 pm

I hear "coolness" a lot around here.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:51 pm

Chandler wrote:I've heard people claim that "awesome" is more of a Midwestern phenomenon but I don't know how accurate that is.

I'm one person that makes it so. My friends get a kick not only how often I say it, but appearently how I say it (I'm in the Midwest for those who don't know).

-Jonathan

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:58 pm

That infamous mid-western accent?

That's not nearly as noticeable as the New England shrill or the Southern drawl.