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I have a confession. It doesn't matter if the speaker is old or young, male or female, cute or less cute, but a bartender saying 'the guinness is cookin', darlin'' in a good, strong, true Irish accent brings me great joy.
And really, just the 'darlin'' in the accent is enough.
[written offline at The Liberties.]
Posted by meriko at August 15, 2002 11:11 PMEverything reminds me of a quote.
"There are many beautiful and elegant phrases in the English language. It can express a really astonishing range of powerful and subtle emotions and concepts. Chaucer, to Shakespeare, to Milton, to Jane Austen and Henry James -- all of them have entries on the short list of Most Lovely Phrases Ever. I, however, believe I have concocted one that leaves them all behind. A phrase that expresses a notion so beautiful that the mind can't even hope to wrap itself around it.
The phrase is: 'My brother-in-law, the bar owner.'"
-J.D. Baldwin in alt.sysadmin.recovery