Talk:glad rags
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RFV discussion
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--Connel MacKenzie 17:37, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- I've heard this in the lyrics to the theme song from the original BBC version of The Office: "the handbags and the glad rags that your granddad used to sweat so you could buy." With the two citations currently on the page, that makes three. I think it should be marked (UK) though. --EncycloPetey 18:10, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- That song is Handbags and Gladrags, originally by Rod Stewart and covered a couple of years ago by the Streophonics (I don't know which version is used in the theme to The Office). Independently of each other Rukah and I have added another group of cites, so I think this one has been comprehensively verified. Thryduulf 18:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- I agree, striking. Kappa 02:20, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
- But you didn't properly tag it as
{{UK}}? The only US cite is a secondary source of dialect-isms. --Connel MacKenzie 19:41, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- But you didn't properly tag it as
- I agree, striking. Kappa 02:20, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
- That song is Handbags and Gladrags, originally by Rod Stewart and covered a couple of years ago by the Streophonics (I don't know which version is used in the theme to The Office). Independently of each other Rukah and I have added another group of cites, so I think this one has been comprehensively verified. Thryduulf 18:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- No, it's originally a US term - I heard it started as cowboy slang. Widsith 08:06, 19 July 2007 (UTC)