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What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia)



 
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What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia) Sun Apr 29, 2007 21:38 pm  What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia)
 

I would like to know the meanigs of the idioms below.

What does "belch the alphabet" mean?
And "cocktails in Appalachia".

Thank you in advance!! Rolling Eyes
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What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia) Mon Apr 30, 2007 14:42 pm  What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia)
 

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Neither are idioms; 'cocktails in Appalachia' was coined for the Friends show, I think. 'To belch the alphabet' is to say each and all of the letters of the Roman alphabet in order while simultaneously belching. 'Cocktails in Appalachia' is used to describe an unpleasant public display of affection.
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What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia) Mon Apr 30, 2007 21:21 pm  What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia)
 

Thank you for explaining.
Do you know the etymology of "Cocktails in Appalanchia"?
And the meaning of "schwang"? Is thid word being used commonly???
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What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia) Tue May 01, 2007 0:04 am  What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia)
 

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What do you mean, 'etymology' here? The individual words can be found, with their etymologies, in a dictionary. 'Schwang' sounds onomatopoetic, and could mean anything-- even an exclamation-- out of context.
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What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia) Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:39 am  What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia)
 

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Neither are idioms; .

Never knew we could use "neither" this way!!! Shocked

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What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia) Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:14 am  What does "belch the alphabet" mean? (alphabet/appalachia)
 

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I did, so you can. Just watch out for prescriptivists.
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