I suspect it comes from sayings like, "I know shit from Shinola."
The girl's not playing with a full deck, Giles. She has almost no deck. She has a three.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Spike's Bitches 21 Gunn Salute
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
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
§ 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!
Strix - Jan 17, 2005 6:16:38 pm PST #5166 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I got a "401 to 500 You are a major league kinkster!"
I'm modestly happy, but bummed that ND brought me low.
On the other hand, LEATHER KILT.
But I haven't done anything naughty in a while. Oh, I kissed my girl friend while she was wasted so that I could grope her and steal her car keys but that was altruism, not porn.
I start teaching tomorrow! I;m so wired. I just popped an Ambien, so hopefully I will be able to sleep tonight.
NoiseDesign - Jan 17, 2005 6:20:01 pm PST #5167 of 10002
Our wings are not tired
ERIN!
I've not posted with you in forever!