Dec 14, 2004 17:05
19 yrs ago
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English term
vinking the tiddlies
English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
- Nancy, can't we play "vinking" the tiddlies?
- No.
- Or shoving the ha'penny?
- No.
- Or hiding the...?... I was just asking.
[Alistair McGowan's Impression]
- No.
- Or shoving the ha'penny?
- No.
- Or hiding the...?... I was just asking.
[Alistair McGowan's Impression]
Responses
| 3 +14 | tiddledywinks |
Cilian O'Tuama
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| 4 +1 | game |
RHELLER
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| 5 | Swedish accent |
Orla Ryan
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Responses
+14
3 mins
Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
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Quality Translations since 1986
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Works in: German to English, English, German, and 6 more.
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tiddledywinks
a game whose object is to snap small disks from a flat surface into a small container (Merriam-Webster) - though spoken with a German(?) accent here.
a possibility
a possibility
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Comment: "Thank you sooooo much! :)"
+1
4 mins
game
tiddly, -ies n (obsolete) In some antique games, same as squidger. Not used in modern winks. (Also tiddledy)
1890 GAME OF TIDDLEDY WINKS, McLoughlin Brothers. the player holding one of the Tiddledies, as shown in the illustration, presses with its edge upon the Wink and causes the latter to jump.
2tiddly, -ies n (obsolete) = wink
1970 Christian Science Monitor 9 Mar. An opponent must never blow on another player's tiddly (in order to move it farther from the cup) when he isn't looking.
3tiddlies n (UK) = time-limit points (May 1993 ETwA rules)
tiddlywink (rare) = wink
tiddlywinker n (rare) = winker
tiddlywinks n a competitive partnership game in which the objective is to gain an advantage over opponents by squopping opponent winks and by squidging friendly winks into a pot. [Preferred spelling. Earliest known use of spelling, 1894]
1894 Contemporary Review Aug. Page 246. for when school was done and work over the children gathered in the brilliantly lit, hot-pipe-heated rooms and played draughts, bagatelle, lotto, or tiddly-winks.
1926 Bookman Sep. Page 90. The great realist plays an amusing game of tiddlywinks in the north woods.
tiddledy-winks n the original spelling of the game of tiddlywinks [Trademark registered in England in 1889 by Joseph Assheton Fincher.]
1890 GAME OF TIDDLEDY WINKS, McLoughlin Brothers. the player holding one of the Tiddledies, as shown in the illustration, presses with its edge upon the Wink and causes the latter to jump.
2tiddly, -ies n (obsolete) = wink
1970 Christian Science Monitor 9 Mar. An opponent must never blow on another player's tiddly (in order to move it farther from the cup) when he isn't looking.
3tiddlies n (UK) = time-limit points (May 1993 ETwA rules)
tiddlywink (rare) = wink
tiddlywinker n (rare) = winker
tiddlywinks n a competitive partnership game in which the objective is to gain an advantage over opponents by squopping opponent winks and by squidging friendly winks into a pot. [Preferred spelling. Earliest known use of spelling, 1894]
1894 Contemporary Review Aug. Page 246. for when school was done and work over the children gathered in the brilliantly lit, hot-pipe-heated rooms and played draughts, bagatelle, lotto, or tiddly-winks.
1926 Bookman Sep. Page 90. The great realist plays an amusing game of tiddlywinks in the north woods.
tiddledy-winks n the original spelling of the game of tiddlywinks [Trademark registered in England in 1889 by Joseph Assheton Fincher.]
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airmailrpl
: tiddly-winks - definitely play on words for sexual overtones
13 hrs
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16 hrs
Swedish accent
This has to be a sketch of Sven Goran Erikson, the Swedish manager of the English soccer team and his wannabe celebrity girlfriend, Nancy Dell'Olio.
"Vinking" is just part of McGowan's impersonation of Erikson, who he plays as a person who is not entirely fluent in English. It is a play on "tiddlywinks" (or "vinks" ;) )
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Note added at 16 hrs 38 mins (2004-12-15 09:43:46 GMT)
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I\'m a fan of the show, here is the site of the show (and of \"Sven und Nancy\") :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/a/alistairmcgowan...
"Vinking" is just part of McGowan's impersonation of Erikson, who he plays as a person who is not entirely fluent in English. It is a play on "tiddlywinks" (or "vinks" ;) )
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Note added at 16 hrs 38 mins (2004-12-15 09:43:46 GMT)
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I\'m a fan of the show, here is the site of the show (and of \"Sven und Nancy\") :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/a/alistairmcgowan...
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