Sayings, Euphemisms, and Math
Mathies like sayings. They live on them. I've actually developed a new respect for the sayings because of the mathies I know. Last Friday Patrick told me that I was "preaching to the choir," today the speaker at the colloquium said "that's the way the cookie crumbles" (perhaps he was inspired by the monstrous cookies that everyone was nibbling on), and one of my professors says "that's neither here nor there" at least once a week. Some of these phrases I've never heard before, but they definitely have a ring to them. What fascinates me most, however, is not that they use these sayings, but that they use such a variety of them. Most of the time people get trapped into saying the same thing over and over again without realizing it, but these people have an almost inexhaustible source of worn-out sayings--so much so that I plan to make a list of my favourites. Starting now (I just have to collect a few first).
posted by Steph @ 11:37 PM
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