Thread: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
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Milhouse is offline Milhouse
2010-06-17 , 07:15
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Originally Posted by YoDude View Post
Isn't there a rhyming slang in the UK where the last word in this type of word coupling rhymes with the actual word that was intended.

For instance someone would say "Since the lift was out, I had to use the bannanas and pairs". When they mean "I had to use the stairs."

Come to think of it "Apples and Pairs" is pro'ly the correct word coupling used for stairs, it was just a wild guess on my part anyway.
Yes, "Going up the apples and pears" would mean going up the stairs.

There is a song by The Monkees which mentions "apples, peaches, bananas and pears" (in fact, that is its title) - maybe someone in the Handheld UI team is a Monkees fan, and peaches refer to Google?

Or maybe it is just a place holder!
 

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