'Mercuns

[alexisjane]

For Residents of the US of A only...

[Poll #2024716]

Merci beaucoup xxx

Comments

[fireheart13.livejournal.com]

changed my answer after saying both like a dozen times lol. vest because it's like holding your hand of cards close to your vest so no one can see them.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Here we only say 'chest', but looking online there seemed to be conflicting information about the US usage, so I figured I'd just ask. i did wonder if it was a regional thing like couch/sofa...

Thank you for playing! : ) xx

[mdlaw.livejournal.com]

In the US, we play our cards "close to the vest".      m             :)

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

See, that's what i thought but then when I looked it up some said vest and some not xx

[mdlaw.livejournal.com]

That's because the old sayings that had a history and real meaning have been replaced by meaningless urban slang.      :/

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I find it really interesting that US english sometimes is chock full of new words and phrasing but then you get the odd thing, like faucet, which is actally old english, that we don't use anymore here.

Linguistics is kinda cool : ) xx

[sleepypercy.livejournal.com]

I think it's an old saying :) So everyone hears it differently. The only reason I know this phrase is from Buffy, and Xander said "close to the chest."

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I've seen it both ways in US stuff, so I just wanted to check. I guess it is a bit old fashioned : ) x

[fufaraw]

Riverboat gamblers, and those that migrated to the Old West. They wore white shirts, string ties, suits, and a vest. Thus, holding one's hand of cards close to the vest so the other players can't see.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I think the etymology of card playing is the same here, though we're mainly naked from the waist up most of the time, so chest would make more sense ; ) It would be nice to know the earliest usage to get a date on it xx

[meesasometimes.livejournal.com]

that was easy, ask me more easy questions

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Thank you for playing. I'll try to come up with something : )

Ooo, would you ever call candy 'sweets'? How's that one? : ) xx

[meesasometimes.livejournal.com]

nope, nope I wouldn't, unless I was a wicked witch trying to lure children into my abode.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Haha, well, it's not that. I was trying to think of another generic term like 'candy' but that was the only one I could think of xx