I read your comments on my previous post and noted that no-one knew the phrase nineteen to the dozen.
Of course I told the girls in the office and there was ... dead silence.
No-one here knew it either!
So then I said, "is this another PE thing?"
I'm from PE and we'd previously decided that the fact I don't eat pap is solely because I'm from PE.
I'd never even heard of it before I moved to Jhb.
Of course the last time we had this discussion I emailed my sister and asked her if she knew of pap.
She also said no but that the first time she saw it was in their canteen at work (she still lives and works in PE).
I've now googled and it turns out nineteen to the dozen is a UK idiom.
Here's the origin and here are two quick links to read more.
What are some weird things you say?
(well, that other people have pointed out to you. I still find "oh my hat" a very funny thing that the Cape Town gals say :))
