[Albion] Diego Gomez

[Super Steve Earle]

Fair pla

For those still interested in the origins of Spitting feathers.




What's the origin of the phrase 'Spitting feathers'?

Many people, especially those under 50 years of age, are clear what ‘spitting feathers’ means to them, that is, ‘angry, or agitated’. Some also attempt to explain the derivation of that meaning as arising from the imagery of someone foaming at the mouth when angry, or even of losing feathers like an agitated bird in a cockfight.
Others, predominantly from the older generation, are just as clear in their understanding that ‘spitting feathers’ means ‘extremely thirsty’. The imagery there is a little more intuitive and matches the American expression ‘having a mouthful of feathers’ and ‘spitting cotton’, and the Australian ‘spitting chips’ (of wood), which all mean extremely thirsty. That interpretation seems to be especially commonplace in the northern English counties, although it isn’t limited to there. I can recall my father using it with that meaning, in the UK’s Black Country region in the 1950s and, as anyone from there will be very ready to point out, the Black Country isn’t in the north. In more recent years it has crept south and, in 1997, it cropped up in the BBC comedy series that was undoubtedly southern, The Fast Show:

“All joking aside, love, I’m spitting feathers here, let’s have a nice cuppa.”

How then do there come to be two meanings, with no apparent connection between them, for the same phrase? The ‘thirsty’ meaning has certainly had had the longer life. ‘Spitting feathers’ appears to derive from the earlier term ‘spitting white’ (to eject frothy-white sputum from a dry mouth). Shakespeare uses the latter in Henry IV, Part 2, 1597:
The invaluable Notes and Queries (A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men and General Readers), for January 1865, makes a link between the two terms:

“Surely Falstaff’s spitting white is what, in Lancashire low life, is called ‘spitting feathers’. A man, who has been drinking is feverish, his mouth is dry, and his saliva white.”

The ‘angry’ meaning of the term doesn’t make an appearance until the 1970s; for example, this piece from Davidyne Mayleas’s novel Rewedded Bliss, 1977:

“Sometimes I could spit feathers. Tom and I have been married three years and he will still sometimes call me Tina. That’s the name of his former wife.”

The ‘angry’ interpretation of ‘spitting feathers’ is likely to have originated from another expression for angry – ‘spitting blood’. Anyone who knew the latter term and heard ‘spitting feathers’ for the first time might very well assume that the two expression meant the same thing.

Fair play to you, but that's bollocks. I'm 70 in September and spitting feathers has meant angry all my life, an expression my mother used to use.

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

Genuine question: why does it have to only be after the Olympics? What difference do they make to him coming here (unless he gets a career ending injury)?

I'm not sure what's being reported is what the agent meant.

This is what he said.

“He (Diego) is a desirable player, but at this moment he is 100% in the Olympic Games, to represent our country well, then we will see what we do with that, I just want to respect this moment and respect the national team.

“I don’t want to give so much time to this issue, if something comes out, let it be announced. If not, it will be in the medium to short-term.

“They (Inter Miami) are aware. We have been talking to them (Brighton) for a while.”

Sounds like he is trying to dodge the question and big up his player being in the Olympics.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Your m

I remember my mum using the saying "splitting image" to describe a doppelganger. Now the term used is "spitting image". The question is was this new variant spawned by the TV puppet show?
This may resolve a long running, but ultimately pointless and boring,

Most likely explanation here is that your mum misheard the phrase as a youngster and then didn't want to admit she was wrong. "Spitting image" dates back to at least the 1880s and has nothing to do with "splitting".

https://www.etymonline.com/word/spitting image

Indeed. Like muppets who talk about changing tact instead of changing tack. Or say just a tadge instead of just a tad. God help us!

 

[GT49er]

I'm not sure what's being reported is what the agent meant.

This is what he said.

“He (Diego) is a desirable player, but at this moment he is 100% in the Olympic Games, to represent our country well, then we will see what we do with that, I just want to respect this moment and respect the national team.

“I don’t want to give so much time to this issue, if something comes out, let it be announced. If not, it will be in the medium to short-term.

“They (Inter Miami) are aware. We have been talking to them (Brighton) for a while.”

Sounds like he is trying to dodge the question and big up his player being in the Olympics.

................. or fishing for other (bigger) bids coming in.

 

[Bald Head]

BBC reporting we are close to a deal.

 

[Bakero]

BBC reporting we are close to a deal.

Here's that BBC report: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce58re122epo

 

[Bald Head]

Here's that BBC report: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce58re122epo

Thanks for that i'm hopeless with that sort of thing.

 

[Taybha]

I find it a bit odd the player/agent wouldn't want to tie up a move before he plays in the Olympics,yup I get he wants to represent his country but I'd rather tie up a nice 4 year deal in the EPL before I do in case of injury.

Anyhoo I'd be very happy if this one happens however long a short / medium,time frame is.

 

[macbeth]

 

[Hugo Rune]

A January arrival then.

I suppose the more time he has with Messi, the better at his age.

 

[Jeremiah]

I suppose we have now joined that list of clubs I used to dislike - very little English representation on the field (when Dunkie and Solly bow out) I think that's only Hinshelwood I can think of likely to be on the pitch. No doubt someone much more well informed than me will tell me of all the English talent we have.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I suppose we have now joined that list of clubs I used to dislike - very little English representation on the field (when Dunkie and Solly bow out) I think that's only Hinshelwood I can think of likely to be on the pitch. No doubt someone much more well informed than me will tell me of all the English talent we have.

I know what you mean, but that’s the way football has gone, the constant are the supporters……

We’ve come a long way since Ardiles and Villa…..

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

I know what you mean, but that’s the way football has gone, the constant are the supporters……

We’ve come a long way since Ardiles and Villa…..

It all went wrong when they let those Scottish chaps play south of the border...

 

[Jeremiah]

I know what you mean, but that’s the way football has gone, the constant are the supporters……

We’ve come a long way since Ardiles and Villa…..

You are right. Being in my sixties now I can remember when a foreign player came to play in England it was big news - whichever Club he joined. No wonder we can't win the Euros !

 

[Smithy]

Contract until 2029 apparently.

 

[brighton_tom]

Gross replacement?

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Gross replacement?

Not if only coming in January!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Contract until 2029 apparently.

Barber vs Beckham

 

[Super Steve Earle]

I suppose we have now joined that list of clubs I used to dislike - very little English representation on the field (when Dunkie and Solly bow out) I think that's only Hinshelwood I can think of likely to be on the pitch. No doubt someone much more well informed than me will tell me of all the English talent we have.

Steele/Rushworth, Webster, Welbeck, Dunk, Solly, Milner, Hinshelwood off the top of my head.

 

[Bob!]

A January arrival then.

I suppose the more time he has with Messi, the better at his age.

Why is it a January arrival?

Is that the US window?