Klarinet Archive - Posting 000331.txt from 2004/03

From: ormondtoby@------.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] English and American
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 16:48:49 -0500

Tony Pay wrote:

> One I enjoyed noticing on a recent visit to the
> US was the airport sign, "Kiss and Fly". After
> working out its probable meaning, I wondered
> [....snip] Or do I still misunderstand?

"Kiss and fly" is not a meaningful phrase by itself in 'American'
conversational English. There is a phrase "Kiss and Tell" --- as in
"kiss and tell" books written by former lovers, domestics, etc about the
celebrities with whom they associated --- and I vaguely remember seeing
a billboard near an airport that suggested I should fly away on a
particular airline to some blissful tropic paradise with my
lover/wife/etc.

But the phrase "Kiss and fly" by itself would be meaningful only if
accompanied by a picture that provided further information.