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A few questions I'd like a little help

posted 14 years ago by bts1984
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I've got a few questions about doubts I am having. There are a few words things that I don't know for sure what to think. Anyone that can help me on this, I appreciate.

Here it goes:

1) What was Founcewater's crime? Some try to guess it but nobody guesses correct. They said he's gonna be out of jail after paying his debt to society, which gives an idea of what his crime might be, but could anyone explain me for sure?

2) Miss Birdwell, while trying to guess Fauncewater's crime, uses a strange line: «Did you do someone in?». What does that mean? I have no idea. Could anybody explain me?

3) Is "missus" an expression common in England? Do they use that expression instead of "miss"? "Missus" sounds almost plural. Was that expression used in England at the time of this movie or is it still used now?

4) What is a "hullabaloo"?

5) Jasper often says «Horace me lad». What in the world is "me lad"? Is it the same as saying «buddy» or «my friend»? Is it a common expression in England (at the time of the film or currently)?

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[–] MetFanMac 14 years ago

1) Never explained in-movie.
2) To "do someone in" means to kill them.
3) Not being English, all I can say for sure is that "the missus" is/was used to refer to the mother/wife of the household.
4) A big commotion.
5) It's English slang and means "my boy", and is indeed a term of endearment, although is often used ironically instead.

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[–] Leesha92 10 years ago

All of your answers are near spot on, but I'd like to add that "missus" is a term still used to this day in England and also Queen's English countries like Australia. Missus is a term used nowadays to refer to one's own wife, ie "My missus has gone to the shops" or "I'm picking the missus up at the airport". Where I'm from in Australia "missus" is usually a term used by beat down husbands where the wife wears the pants lol I've always been called "missus" by my boyfriend's friends because I'm the one in charge haha usually in Australia a guy says missus in a way that sounds like this: "Anyways, I better get home, the missus will freak out if I stay too late" "Yeah, I've gotta buy some flowers, I've upset the missus"

[–] emmaclarke781 9 years ago

Missus can also be used to refer to one's girlfriend. Its used here in Ireland a lot. Its a kinda half sweet/half derogatory term. As in 'I love my missus' or 'Oh God, its the Missus.'I guess the American equivalent would be 'my old lady'. Also in Northern Ireland, kids call any older woman missus.

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