Klarinet Archive - Posting 000341.txt from 2004/03

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@------.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] English and American
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 18:21:31 -0500

In message <25435-4048F5C1-5632@-------3118.bay.------.net>
ormondtoby@------.net (Ormondtoby Montoya) wrote:

> 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.

Well, I'm sorry to disagree, but the sign "Kiss and fly" was either in
Chicago or Washington, I can't remember which, and was on a par with
'Terminal 1' or, 'Long Term Parking' -- ie, a lane direction to approaching
traffic.

Tony
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