Dear friends,
Since no one responded to my blog query regarding the meaning of the phrase"You're in suspension." from the Sex Pistols song "Liar", I decided to put the question on Yahoo Answers UK, I received the following two responses which I found to be helpful:
"Unfortunately the Sex Pistols often wrote lyrics that made no sense whatsoever. 'You're in suspension' means nothing in the UK either."
"...it is an ungrammatical way of saying 'you are in a period of suspension', ie if you lie again you will face the implied consequences (just like the sentence from a legal conviction can be suspended until a repeat offence). However, I expect for a group like the Sex Pistols, we are over-analysing them."
I am grateful for this input, and for the time being I consider the matter concluded. Even so, if any of my friends from the UK would like to comment regarding this, I would be glad to hear from you.
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Hi there,
ReplyDeleteyou mentioned the nursery rhyme 'Ring a ring of roses' which is about bubonic plague, particularly the great plague of London in 1665. The ring of roses was the rash that appeared on the skin as a first sign of the plague, a pocket full of posies indicates the bunches of dried flowers and herbs people carried in the belief that the pleasant smell would ward off the plague, atishoo atishoo, sneezing was a symptom and we all fall down is the ensuing death which followed the sneezing part in most cases.
In 'Pop goes the Weasel' I'm not sure exactly but I think it is about pawning things when the wages run out to have money for the reat of the week. The record of this, I think by Anthony Newley does explain it. I will look it up and get back to that one.
Jack Horner was about someone who took the deeds to one of the estates Henry VIII seized during the dissolution of the monasteries, as he was on his way to take the deeds to the king for redistribution amongst his own friends. he 'pulled out a plum' alright, and he got away with it.
Jackie