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In February 1969, #JohnnyCash had a party at his house (that) turned into a guitar pull, with some of Johnny's friends trying out their latest songs. " #BobDylan sang 'Lay Lady Lay,'" recalled Cash. " #KrisKristofferson sang 'Me and Bobby McGee.' #JoniMitchell sang 'Both Sides Now.' #GrahamNash sang 'Marrakesh Express.' And #ShelSilverstein sang 'A Boy Named Sue.'"

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30082/johnny-cashs-boy-named-sue-was-written-shel-silverstein

Today I learned:

"Long time no see" originated in the United States as "a jocular imitation of broken English."

"Long time no see" is similar to the Chinese phrase 好久不 見 (Mandarin traditional), 好 耐 冇 見 (Cantonese), 好久不见 (Mandarin simplified), meaning "haven't seen [you] in a long time", further meaning "we have not seen each other in a long time".

Similarly, "Look-see" is also attributed to Chinese pidgin English by the Oxford English dictionary.

How did I come across this, you may ask?

Because I found myself saying the phrase "No tickee, no shirtee!" to my children, because I grew up hearing it, and never thought anything of it, and thought - maybe I should look that up, because it's probably racist. And it was:

"No ____, no ____" predates the origin of Chinese Pidgin English, but is also a notable example of fabricated pidgin English: (沒 票 沒 襯衣) meaning "If you don't have a laundry receipt, I won't give you your shirts", said to be a fabricated pidgin English inaccurately attributed to the Chinese laundry proprietors.

In 1886, a New York City bill cited this phrase in reference to Chinese-owned dry cleaning establishments.

In 1921 a movie titled "No Tickee No Shirtee" further popularized the saying.

Another famous use of this phrase is "No money, no talk" (冇錢冇得傾 (Cantonese)), which simply means "If you don't have the money, don't try to bargain with me".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Pidgin_English

#todayilearned #racism #chinese #asian #anti-asian #laundry #etymology #casualracism #smartereveryday #notickeenoshirtee #longtimenosee #looksee

#TodayILearned:

About Sleeping Beauty turquoise, from the now exhausted Sleeping Beauty mine in AZ. Beautiful blue, growing increasingly rare
-and-
The Zachery Process, used to protect turquoise from general wear and tear. The process tends to darken and/or color saturate the stone.

#stone #gemology #jewelry

Today I learned about https://www.luvly.se/ an ideal city ev. So ideal, you can charge the battery in your flat, because it's removable !

#TIL #TodayILearned #MiniEV #CityEV #EV

#TodayILearned what "reactionary" means and now I'm going to start calling you all reactionaries.

You don't like #eBikes without speed limiters: reactionary

You don't like #AI #generativeArt: reactionary

You don't like #cryptocurrency #NFT: reactionary

You don't like #pineappleOnPizza: reactionary

#TodayILearned that apparently #BilliePiper was not told that actual showers would go off in the lift of of the hospital facility of the #DoctorWho episode #NewEearth (#DrWho168S02E01), so her shocked expression when she is getting absolutely soaked as she is getting 'disinfected' is genuine!

Sources:

• Relevant #WhoCulture episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXKmY-NgFzM
• Relevant #Fandom article snippet: > "Billie Piper didn't know she was going to be hit with water in the lift, Russell T Davies kept it in the final cut as he thought it was too funny to cut it."> https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/New_Earth_(TV_story)

#DrWho #BehindTheScenes #SeriesFiXatoWatches #TIL #TodayILearnt

#TodayILearned that you can actually still order #DawnOfMana for the #PS2 from the #SquareEnix store o_O
https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/282609/dawn-of-mana-ps2

#TIL #RetroGaming #Gaming #PS2Gaming #SecretOfMana #ManaSeries

#TodayILearned: the numbers in the #CR2032, #CR2025 #buttonCell #batteries and the likes represent the #battery's dimensions, eg.:
CR2032: lithium, 20 mm diameter, 3.2 mm height
CR2025: lithium, 20 mm ⌀ x 2.5 mm ↕
#SR516: silver, 5.8 mm ⌀, 1.6 mm ↕
#LR1154/#SR1154: alkaline/silver, 11.6 mm ⌀, 5.4 mm ↕.

The letters denote their common name / positive electrode
L→Alkaline / Manganese dioxide
S→Silver / Silver Oxide
C→ Lithium / Manganese dioxide
etc
While the 'R' means 'Round'

#TIL