April 30, 2010, 15:25
BobHaleA strong minute
I've just seen an interview with the fine American comedian Reginald D. Hunter in which he several times used a phrase that was new to me - "a strong minute".
Apparently it means "a long time but not a very long time".
I like it. I may use it.
Is this a common phrase in the US or is it peculiar to him?
April 30, 2010, 16:55
<Proofreader>As opposed to a "minute minute"?
April 30, 2010, 18:20
GeoffI've heard it, but it's not common, as far as I know.
Proofreader, you reminded me of Victor Borge:
http://videosift.com/video/Min...ge-and-Leonid-HambroGeoff
April 30, 2010, 19:27
<Proofreader>VB played at the Warwick Musical Threatre once and his biggest laugh came when, about ten minutes into the performance, a woman was led to her seat. VB stopped the show and began to converse with her.
"Hello. How are you? Where did you come from?"
She said, "Attleboro" (about twenty miles north).
He shook his head and said, "I came all the way from Denmark and I still got here before you did."
May 01, 2010, 05:50
wordmaticI've never heard the expression "strong minute" until just this minute.
Wordmatic
May 01, 2010, 20:45
KallehI haven't either, and I'd be confused were I to hear it. A minute is a minute, isn't it?
May 02, 2010, 07:12
tinmanquote:
Originally posted by Kalleh:
A minute is a minute, isn't it?
Well, we've discussed a
New York minute before. The Word Detective has an article on
New York minute, but he doesn't date it. He does say "rush hour" was coined in New York in the 1890s. I've never heard of "long minute" before.
May 02, 2010, 19:41
Kallehquote:
Well, we've discussed a New York minute before.
How quickly we forget. I see that I had posted in that NY minute thread.
May 03, 2010, 17:01
tinmanI somehow misread that as "long minute," not "strong minute." Of course, I haven't heard of that either.