Grant and Martha share some more terms that make a person sound old-fashioned these days. Ever get a blank stare when you mention the icebox? This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “More Old-Fashioned Language”
Here are more of those things that people think make you sound old-fashioned or out of touch.
Okay.
This is from our Facebook page where there’s a lively discussion going on.
A lot of people have pointed out in Twitter as well that icebox makes you sound old.
Oh, yeah.
Just put that in the icebox, honey.
It’s a refrigerator or a freezer.
It’s not really an icebox anymore.
But it used to be literally an icebox.
I like that, though.
There are a couple people who’ve replied in this long thread saying, you know, a lot of these just seem homey to me and not old-fashioned.
So it’s a difference of opinion.
One wiseacre here, Gregory May, points out that Super Duper makes you sound out of touch and old-fashioned.
Hello.
That’s something I say all the time.
Who says that?
I told him it’s timeless.
Super Duper will never be old.
Well, at least a couple of people said, what can I do you for?
And you say that all the time, too.
Yeah, but, you know, you and I are kind of like, we’re like crows or magpies.
We pick this stuff all across the wide history of English.
We’re old crows and magpies.
But we bring it all in.
We’re completely up to date and also very old-fashioned all at once, right?
That’s right, yes.
Drop us a line, send us a tweet, whatever.
Let us know what makes people sound old-fashioned or out of touch.
