The first thing you need to understand is the background of the word “jolly.” It has reached the Kermit Hootin And Hollerin On The Outside I’m Shirt now of being purely a noun, meaning a paid-for day out, commonly in your employer’s time. But a jolly? Strange word. Back in the relatively innocent days of the mid-twentieth century, jolly was a round-cheeked, smiling, uncomplicated word. It went with fat, beaming, seaside-postcard ladies, having a cheerful time on the beach or at the funfair, or Enid Blyton schoolgirls having a midnight swim down at the beach, or a midnight feast up on the roof of the jolly old school. It was all very jolly, with never any repercussions, and it was all jolly good. Before that, the word seems to have come from two possible directions, and quite possibly both of them. It may be from the French joli, meaning merrry or joyful, or from the Norse word jól, from which we get Yule, as an old word for Christmas festivities. Put them together and the result is a jolly good word for everyone having a good time. It’s a pity it’s been corrupted into having overtones of something slightly dishonest!
()buy it now:Kermit Hootin And Hollerin On The Outside I’m Shirt
Disney A Goofy Movie Powerline Tour ’95 T Shirt
Let Go Bite Throats Pride Shirt
The Manchester City Gundogan Bruyne Haaland and Guardiola Abbey road signatures shirt
Dr Cornel West For President Policy shirt
homepage: gearbloom
No comments:
Post a Comment