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Previously on "Strange usage of the word spill in children's book"
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Originally posted by BR14 View PostThose who can't teach, become PM's
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostThanks MF, but as a yank you have nothing to say about English. The query arose from two well qualified English teachers. (English English, not the primitive dialect used across the pond).
I'm aware of that usage. "He took a spill from his horse", "He spilled himself out of bed".
But the usage in this children's book doesn't seem to work. It seems the "I might spill myself" is a consequence of being a bad lander. "I might land badly and fall over".
There is an archaic usage of damage or kill, but that seems a little extreme.
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"The query arose from two well qualified English teachers"
nemo repente fuit stultissimus
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Or a gentleman might use one to light his cigar:
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Come on now, spill the beans.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 16 August 2018, 21:44.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostFrom "The owl who was afraid of the dark" here: https://books.google.ch/books?id=zZL...elf%22&f=false
"I'm not a good lander" he said, "I might spill myself".
Any ideas what this might mean? The book was written in 1968 so perhaps so older usage.
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostAny more of that pal and the word you'll be looking up will be defenestrate.
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