gottle o' geer
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation spelling of the phrase "bottle of beer" with the labial consonants replaced by velars; labials are the hardest English consonants to produce without visible lip movement.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Phrase
[edit]gottle o' geer
- Stereotypical phrase spoken by the dummy of an incompetent ventriloquist
- 2001 January 13, Brian Boyd, “Not only here for the geer [Review of Dumbstruck - A Cultural History of Ventriloquism]”, in The Irish Times[2], page 15:
- Buyer beware: if you think this is a history of end-of-pier gottle of geer merchants, think again