BAH HUMBUG
A regular reader of mine used the phrase "bah humbug" in connection with some of my posts. So I looked up what it meant.
The consensus seems to be that is a phrase from Charles Dickens' book "A Christmas Carol". Ebenezer Scrooge says it about things he thought were nonsense or worthless. So my reader is saying that I write posts about things that I think are nonsense or worthless. Like popcorn yesterday.
He also suggested that I was getting as grumpy as Mr. Scrooge about these humbug things. Mm, perhaps I am.
All I need now is for this blog to become as literarily famous as Dickens' novels, and the analogy will be perfect!
Walter Blotscher
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In Danish, "humbug" is most commonly used in the phrase "svindel og humbug", which loosely translated means cheating and scamming.
ReplyDeleteI recall the Scrooge reference being that he believes people want to get money from him (for investments, because they are poor, as a loan, etc.) and he thinks everyone is just out to scam him.
But I am not sure...