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nononsense
23 Nov 09 09:40
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I`ve always thought it is scandlously overused.

example,
`I`m just nipping to the shop to get some milk`,
gets the reply `great`.

do people know what the word means?

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By:
everythings gone green
When: 23 Nov 09 09:41
Great thread.
By:
Child of the Rafalution
When: 23 Nov 09 09:41
Ooooooh definintely

More so in sporting terms, Great Ball, Great Shot, Great Pass, Great Balls of fire stop f*cking exaggerating!
By:
Alex69
When: 23 Nov 09 09:41
All superlatives are grossly overused. I blame Jim Bowen.
By:
horseman
When: 23 Nov 09 09:43
Leave Bowen out of this he's a legend
By:
nononsense
When: 23 Nov 09 09:44
there are actually , very few great things or people in the world.

I would include the Great Wall of China, Mohammed Ali, the Roman Empire, the British Empire.
Mother Teresa, the moon landing, Queen Victoria
By:
boxingthefox
When: 23 Nov 09 09:45
AWESOME thread
By:
Alex69
When: 23 Nov 09 09:45
Super, smashing, great. Nice firm handshake. Lovely couple of lads from Sheffield. You've won the speedboat.
By:
everythings gone green
When: 23 Nov 09 09:46
My fireplace is grate.
By:
horseman
When: 23 Nov 09 09:47
Ali great? hmm the rest ok but a draft dodging very good boxer who was beaten far too many times could neevr be great in my eyes.
By:
nononsense
When: 23 Nov 09 09:48
yes, he went on for too long, should stopped around `75
By:
man of many moods
When: 23 Nov 09 10:48
What's wrong with draft dodging? Very sensible move in my opinion.
By:
HRH The Lager Khan
When: 23 Nov 09 11:05
Indeed. They should have given the much loved Steve McQueen prisoner of war epic the much more catchy title of "The ambitious, but ultimately only moderately successful escape, as only three made it and nearly everyone else got shot by The Germans"
By:
aziraphale
When: 23 Nov 09 11:06
They don't call it "Great" Luxembourg, do they? Or Great France?
By:
HRH The Lager Khan
When: 23 Nov 09 11:08
'**cing' France is the correct full version.
By:
nononsense
When: 23 Nov 09 11:13
Britain deserves to be called Great, this small island created and managed the largest empire in human history, gave the world many wonderful things
By:
Slippy Blue
When: 23 Nov 09 11:14
Super
By:
Ovalman.
When: 23 Nov 09 11:16
nice
By:
HRH The Lager Khan
When: 23 Nov 09 11:17
Ray Wilkins says "Super" a lot. Why is this? A medical condition or just because he is a tw@t?
By:
man of many moods
When: 23 Nov 09 11:18
Great Britain is the name of an island, not the name of a country. The word 'Great' simply signifies that it's the largest island in the British Isles.
By:
madsimon
When: 23 Nov 09 11:20
yes the country is called 'The united Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Island'
By:
Slippy Blue
When: 23 Nov 09 11:20
My 'super' was a dismal attempt at a Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin reference.
"Great"
"Super CJ"
By:
boggle
When: 23 Nov 09 11:24
Carefull, Slippy, I didn't get where I am today making dismal attempts at a Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin reference!
By:
aziraphale
When: 23 Nov 09 11:36
momm i thought it was to differentiate it from "Little" Britain, i.e. Brittany?
By:
JUGADOR MEJOR
When: 23 Nov 09 11:39
Look at translation for Gran Canaria and Gran Turismo
By:
aziraphale
When: 23 Nov 09 11:40
Big Canary, Big Tourism. What's your point, Manuel? ;)
By:
man of many moods
When: 23 Nov 09 11:47
That may well be so azir, and if that's how the island originally got it's name then I stand corrected. The only point I was really making is that the adjective 'Great' isn't being used in this context to describe the staus of a country, which is what some posters seem to think.
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