"handy-dandy"
Do we sometimes say, "Wait a sec, while I get my handy-dandy Swiss Army knife" just because we like the echoic sound or was it an adaptation by extension of the child's game called "handy-dandy"?
Or is it because we are doubling up and saying "handy knife" and "dandy knife" in one fail swoop?
I just say it, but then again, "I am from Kansas", and that explains everything.
Ok, thanks.....life as we now know it depends on your timeliness.
"handy" vs. so-called "handy-dandy"
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"handy" vs. so-called "handy-dandy"
Known in restaurant circles by quasi-Thai moniker, "That Guy" (e.g. heard in the back.."that guy is here again"; "that guy on/at table 10"; "that guy is going for a sirloin again", etc.)
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"Since life as......untimeliness of an answer"Well, since life as you knew it has been irrevocably altered due to the untimeliness of an answer, I'll give you an answer--
Yes.
Obviously just a guess as I've never heard of the child's game you mentioned. Would you tell about it?
....Well, unlike the olden days with this site, that seems to be true now, but it is not incumbent on you to have to be the one to always step to the plate; it is supposed to be a cooperative venture, sort of like socialism. But I thank you for responding.
It is quicker for me to just provide a website than to explain:
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/tradi ... 200289.htm
I guess nowadays we may just announce it to a child as, "Which hand is it in?"
Known in restaurant circles by quasi-Thai moniker, "That Guy" (e.g. heard in the back.."that guy is here again"; "that guy on/at table 10"; "that guy is going for a sirloin again", etc.)
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"Handy-dandy" versus "Handy little."
How can I put it? I think of "handy-dandy" as more mockingly formal, and "handy little" as more informally facetious.
It's a matter of "Let me pull out my handy-dandy Swiss Army Knife" (with all 300 blades and tools on it, including the chain saw), versus "Let me pull out my handy little pocket knife" (with only three blades on it). Either way, neither one will make it through Airport Security.
How can I put it? I think of "handy-dandy" as more mockingly formal, and "handy little" as more informally facetious.
It's a matter of "Let me pull out my handy-dandy Swiss Army Knife" (with all 300 blades and tools on it, including the chain saw), versus "Let me pull out my handy little pocket knife" (with only three blades on it). Either way, neither one will make it through Airport Security.
Regards//Larry
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