Jameson

Dick · Post by **Dick** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:22 pm

BuriedBlues wrote:
Dale wrote:
BuriedBlues wrote:anyhow, whether or not that's how it's written on the bottle, it is john jameson's whiskey, isn't it?
Following your logic you could then say a Jim Beam's, a Johnny Walker's etc. too, but how stupid would that be?
and so what if i did? not that i would, because they sound silly. jameson's, (or jamesons, depending on how you look at it) just sounds right. it's so commonly used, here as much as "out there", and so comfortable-sounding that i would argue it's a permanent part of the drunken vernacular. so, put away that red pen of yours, cuz (look how easy it is so change words!) i don't intend to stop using it.

your effort to make us better-informed drunkards is respectable, though. but it's like trying to get people to stop using "hopefully" incorrectly. just not going to happen.

-Maria

Point taken, you little rebel.

BuriedBlues · Post by **BuriedBlues** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:30 pm

yee-haw! jamesonses all around

-Maria

Tipsy McStagger · Post by **Tipsy McStagger** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:38 pm

LadyRed wrote:
BuriedBlues wrote:...your effort to make us better-informed drunkards is respectable, though. but it's like trying to get people to stop using "hopefully" incorrectly. just not going to happen.

-Maria
I always use that word wrong.

#1: I too, will hopefully use the correct context. If that day comes, it be accidental, I assure you.

#2: I too, always use "hopefully" as well as many other word out of conxtext. It sounds better, it looks better, and goshdamnit, that's how real Americans speak or talk depending on your dialect.

#3: Dagnabit, I'm lazy. If it looks right whilst writing it, then dangit, it's good enough for me. So there.

BuriedBlues · Post by **BuriedBlues** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:42 pm

damn straight tipsy, you use your words however you want. it's your duty, in fact. it's what separates us from civilized english-types.

just don't say "i could care less" cuz that just don't make sense.

-Maria

Tipsy McStagger · Post by **Tipsy McStagger** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:43 pm

BuriedBlues wrote:damn straight tipsy, you use your words however you want. it's your duty, in fact. it's what separates us from civilized english-types.

just don't say "i could care less" cuz that just don't make sense.

-Maria

I agree, although, I couldn't care less about that whole argument. :roll:

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joesixpack · Post by **joesixpack** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:47 pm

Simple...order a Jameson and Dry! I do.

Frankennietzsche · Post by **Frankennietzsche** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:56 pm

I seem to recall something about people making brand names possessive and that it is a holdover from some bygone era. It had/has to do with specifying a product and the maker adn it being proper for it to be possessive and then eventually dropping the product. Or something.

joesixpack · Post by **joesixpack** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:01 pm

Ah yes...Boot's cough medicine etc....

Toohey is a last name. I have never heard of a Mr Tooheys.

But Tooheys is a brand of Australian beers.....I don't know if it is meant to be Tooheys or Toohey's......