Another obscure phrase

[venta]

Yet another phrase I thought was normal that might not be...

Would you know what I meant if I said to you "Are you framing?"?

(NB. Agreeing that you would know means that grahamb is wrong, and is therefore a worthy cause in itself.)

Comments

[nisaba.livejournal.com]

As worthy a cause as that is, I'm forced to admit I have no clue what that word means in that context. But then I'm Australian.

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

At the time you're saying this to me, am I either (a) messing around with a piece of art; or (b) contemplating ways to get myself off the hook after having committed a crime?

[venta.livejournal.com]

You could be doing either of those things.
But you needn't be.

It's a very general phrase :)

[chrisvenus]

Same rought thoughts occured to me. I reckon Liz just makes up new phrases to confuse people.

[kate-r.livejournal.com]

See now i would tend to agree but being a bit 'Northern' I have actually known some of the ones that have been discussed!

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

This is a man who says things like 'I got this custard pot to be my play piece' I don't think you have anything to worry about.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Er, did he say that for any reason ?

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

He *said* it was because he wanted a snack at work, and 'play piece' is Scottish for tuck, or the thing you eat at play time if you're at school.

[spindlemere.livejournal.com]

When I was down in Basingstoke for work purposes, lots of people were using it there. Practically every other sentence, now I think about it...

:)

[venta.livejournal.com]

We're going to have to kill him, Mr Flibble. He knows too much...

[(Anonymous)]

No, Liz doesn't make 'em up. She grew up in a household which gathered its more picturesque speech from the North-East, Lincolnshire, the East Midlands/Fens and a clutch of West Riding friends. Ask her what a mookpeark is (you won't want one for Christmas). Now I'm framing to get round to today's paper.

[triskellian]

Ah, but how do we know you're actually Liz's mum, and not just Liz herself, posting anonymously to back up her own stories?
;-)

[venta.livejournal.com]

Bah, rumbled.

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

Come on then, this is going beyond a joke, what is a mookpeark and am I framing?

[venta.livejournal.com]

See today's post :)

[wimble.livejournal.com]

No, Liz doesn't make 'em up

Well, she should. By now we couldn't tell.

mookpeark

Nope, we've not got any references to that (nor, apparently, to your version of framing). Find some printed references, and send 'em on in...