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Polter-Cow - Jan 17, 2005 5:44:11 pm PST #5156 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

"I know from kink"

I don't understand this construction. I see it everywhere, but I don't get it. Where did it come from? It doesn't make any sense. It feels like there are words missing. Like, "I know potatoes from kink." Or "I know an elephant from kink." But if "I don't know from kink," I would not be able to tell the difference between an elephant and kink. Is there an understood elephant in this phrase? I'm so confused.

§ ita § - Jan 17, 2005 5:46:48 pm PST #5157 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's a Yiddish construction, P-C.

Ginger - Jan 17, 2005 5:47:03 pm PST #5158 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I suspect it comes from sayings like, "I know shit from Shinola."

§ ita § - Jan 17, 2005 5:56:29 pm PST #5159 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

A number of Yiddish idiomatic constructions have also entered colloquial English, such as the pattern I don't know from ___ (ikh veys nit fun __)

Jewish Language Research Website

SailAweigh - Jan 17, 2005 6:02:41 pm PST #5160 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

(ikh veys nit fun __)

Very similar to the German--ich weiss nicht von__. Only 'von' can be used to mean from or of. So, you'd be saying "I don't know of___" as much as "I don't know from___."

Lee - Jan 17, 2005 6:04:51 pm PST #5161 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I suspect it comes from sayings like, "I know shit from Shinola."

I thought this was a southern expression, based on the shoe polish brand.

Ginger - Jan 17, 2005 6:06:27 pm PST #5162 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

That's interesting. I wonder if the Yiddish construction evolved from the idea of knowing something from something (shit from Shinola, hawk from a handsaw).

eta: No, Sail's explanation makes more sense.

Strix - Jan 17, 2005 6:06:55 pm PST #5163 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Am I to understand that a certain Erin person has shown up and copped an attitude re: our relative porntasticness?

Dude, I SO brought it...

Jen - Jan 17, 2005 6:07:40 pm PST #5164 of 10002
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you

Growing up, I heard "shit from Shinola" in Connecticut all the time.

meara - Jan 17, 2005 6:13:43 pm PST #5165 of 10002

Dude, I SO brought it...

Erin, bringin' in the porn, bringin' in the funk. Or something. :)

I want Gloomcookie's shirt! Also, would be nice to fit into a shirt gloomcookie's size. :) HI GLOOMIECOOKIES!

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