On Jul 16, 4:43 pm, Blue Sow <janet.r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Sir Francesco Reffo wrote:
> > Good morning,
> > some question about the word Barbershop and other:
>
> > 1_ Which is the right spelling: barbershop or barber'shop?
>
> Neither.
> Barber-shop is the usual spelling.
It might help if you checked a source. The
Concise OED offers forth:
barbershop * n. a popular style of close harmony
singing, typically for four male voices.
- ORIGIN from the former custom of passing time
in a barber's shop by harmonizing to a lute or
guitar.
I suspect this is a troll (which I still maintain
I am not, I am merely using a pseudonym I adopted
a number of years ago to try to prevent cyberstalking)
but that I have attracted as my hair is long, I play
fretted stringed instruments and there's a strong
skinhead culture in my home town.
All these factoids about myself are available in
the public domain.
> If you wished to add an apostrophe, you would need an additional 's' as
in
> barber's shop.
If we are talking about the shop itself I agree.
If we are talking about the, generally unaccompanied
singing style, I stick with the OED.
>
> > 2_ I'm looking (working as a copy) for the common words that the
> > barber use to said after the cut.
> > something like .. "that's OK! .. " or "ok, you be ok" ..
Well, yes, at risk of being labelled a classic
Freudian neurotic there's the obvious one from
the days the Great British nobility used to slip
off down to Brighton on the Railways for weekend
of sordid fun with a mistress or harlot.
That would be: "something for the weekend, sir?"
Odd how this post shows up a fortnight or so
after the smoking-in-public-places ban kicked
in here, which THE TIMES used a photo' of a
trio of pole dancers stood scantily clad in
improbable heels-forced poses in a venue doorway
smoking cigarettes to illustrate...a week or so
after it came into force.
> As its usage is more commonly American, perhaps 'have a nice day' might
be
> appropriate.
>
> > shotly; "someting connect to the barber's cut.
>
> > thank you !
I don't know whether I'm happy that the UK
culture hierarchy is attracting posts or
annoyed they're sad, fake, troll questions
when, from the tone of replies, it's abundantly
cleqar that genuine ones would not only be welcome
but answered courteously and, generally, knowledgably
(differences of opinions notwithstanding).
> Blue Sow
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