On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting Bob W <[email protected]>: > >> On 29 Jul 2013, at 13:58, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 7/29/2013 7:44 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: >>>> >>>> On 2013-07-29 7:03, Walt wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've never heard ["much of a muchness"] before. Is that a common >>>>> British colloquialism? >>>> >>>> I've heard that one, but it's been years. I've only ever heard it from >>>> a Brit or in a book authored by a Brit. I don't know how common it is, >>>> though. The web site www.phrases.org.uk claims that it's never really been >>>> common (http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/251550.html). >> >> I would say it's really quite a common phrase. > > Pretty common downunder as well, although possibly less so now than with my > parent's generation.
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