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To call for
Posted by TheFallen on March 23, 2002
This phrase, in common use in the US under the guise of meaning "to forecast" and usually of weather, is unheard of in this context in the UK. It always amuses me when I hear it used because of the connotation of deliberate intent, conjuring up pictures of some TV station's weathermen hard at work in some cave, trying though arcane black arts to magic up a storm. I am always disappointed however, when the camera cuts to the resident weatherman (or girl), showing them to be a perfectly varnished inanely grinning vapid dummy.
When did this usage occur?
- To call for Gary 03/23/02
- To call for DGW 03/23/02
- To call for TheFallen
03/23/02
- To call for R. Berg
03/23/02
- To call for Bob 03/23/02
- To call for R. Berg
03/23/02
- To call for TheFallen
03/23/02
