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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 5, 2018 0:24:22 GMT
Do you have that expression in your country?
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Post by ayatollah on Jan 5, 2018 0:33:18 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Harold of Whoa on Jan 5, 2018 1:01:32 GMT
Do you have that expression in your country? To be clear, it comes across as somewhat outdated, here. In this scene from Signs, Mel Gibson's character, who is a major square, uses the phrase in a bluff then silently rebukes himself for sounding corny. Time cue 0:55 to get right to it. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 5, 2018 1:58:28 GMT
To be clear, it comes across as somewhat outdated, here. In this scene from Signs, Mel Gibson's character, who is a major square, uses the phrase in a bluff then silently rebukes himself for sounding corny. Time cue 0:55 to get right to it. If you live in Boston or thereabouts, I'm sure you know what a paddy waggon is. |
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Post by Harold of Whoa on Jan 5, 2018 2:01:34 GMT
To be clear, it comes across as somewhat outdated, here. In this scene from Signs, Mel Gibson's character, who is a major square, uses the phrase in a bluff then silently rebukes himself for sounding corny. Time cue 0:55 to get right to it. If you live in Boston or thereabouts, I'm sure you know what a paddy waggon is. I infer from what you are saying that the term originates as a truck for rounding up large numbers of drunken Irishmen. Is that correct? |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 5, 2018 2:18:56 GMT
I infer from what you are saying that the term originates as a truck for rounding up large numbers of drunken Irishmen. Is that correct? I would never say such a thing. Irishmen are never drunk and how dare you imply that. |
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Post by OffTheBoatPsycho on Jan 5, 2018 3:12:16 GMT
Do you have that expression in your country? I have heard it in America and Canada a few times. I'd figure it would be used in cities with big Irish communities. Boston, NYC. Is the origin because most cops were Irish at one point in those places? Or most thugs were Irish? |
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Post by slowcomingwarbird on Jan 5, 2018 11:56:02 GMT
Yes...
In Texas the police often use minivans that have been modified to hold multiple suspects placed under arrest.
Not much regard is given if perps harm each other while in transit to jail for booking and incarceration.
Hence the term "paddy wagon" is still very appropriate.
"paddy" being a somewhat outdated colloquial term for a police officer
widely used back in the 1960's and 1970's before the term "pig" or
"po-po" came widely into use in the 1980's and 1990's.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 5, 2018 12:46:34 GMT
Yes... In Texas the police often use minivans that have been modified to hold multiple suspects placed under arrest. Not much regard is given if perps harm each other while in transit to jail for booking and incarceration. Hence the term "paddy wagon" is still very appropriate. "paddy" being a somewhat outdated colloquial term for a police officer widely used back in the 1960's and 1970's before the term "pig" or "po-po" came widely into use in the 1980's and 1990's. Interesting. I had assumed it was of UK origin and was because the arrested were Irish. According to this, it is of American origin and because large numbers of police were Irish, like you said. grammarist.com/usage/paddy-wagon/ |
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Post by zos on Jan 5, 2018 14:41:31 GMT
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