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"Joe 90" is by Bored Games.
True. I genuflect before your greater knowledge of Shayne Carter's
works.Anyway... I demand that 'No More Heroes' be screened on free-to-air television. The kids need to see it.
Was it Kelly Johnson and Don Selwyn that were in both 'Utu' and 'Goodbye Pork Pie'?
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If in the early 1980s you have been a member of the 1480 Kroozers, what would you have been?
A skateboarder.
Ah yes, I saw 'No More Heroes' (excellent flick about pioneer Kiwi skateboarders). Amazing use of Doublehappys' 'Joe 90, kids skating at the Hunua dam, Muldoon giving his seal of approval to skateboarding...
As I recall, one of the skateboarding heroes in question - Elroy Ainsley, I think - is mentioned as having skated down Liverpool Street (the incredibly steep street behind Real Groovy. If only there was footage of that.
Didn't Chris Stapp/Randy Cambell go down it on rollerskates for an early Back Of The Y thing as well?
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On reflection, the misuse of 'literally' is a homophone matter, since it seems to also be a synonym for 'totally' or 'absolutely'...
Nice one Che.
I'm literally in awe of you right now.
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Nothing to with homonyms or homophones:
I detest the misuse of 'literally' as a synonym to 'very' - i.e. 'I'm literally gutted.'
What, like a fish?
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Robyn Gallagher wrote:
Some people spell it "guttered"
Oh, don't get me started on 'guttered' and its ilk. I seem to be surrounded by people who suffer from some weird pseudo-homonym dyslexia...
"One 'foul' swoop" (or even "one 'fowl' swoop") instead of "one fell swoop"
"On 'tenderhooks'" instead of "on tenterhooks"
etc., etc.
A recent favourite is "I wouldn't 'trust' him with a ten foot barge pole". Which, actually, is kind of an improvement on the original, now that I think of it.
Hear hear, David. Or as some people would put it... here here.
My own personal homophone arch-nemesis is 'without further adieu'.
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'Bombshell'. Something that a person drops, causing all manner of shock and surprise.
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National clocked for Coldplay-giarism
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So the DVD used 'Clocks' to liven up John Key's insightful musings on our nation's future...
Perhaps you could say the DVD was a Clocks 'n' spiel.
Or maybe Clock 'n' spiel.
Not sure which one works better.
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Another:
Key clocks off