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those old saints phrases and idioms, you know those things
that your family and friends they would say, and it
usually came from out of nowhere, and sometimes they actually
made sense. Well, they had to start somewhere, right, Who, what, where, why, when?
And how? Some of those old scenes are not only ancient,
but they still carry a powerful punch today. In fact,
I live by one of those old saints. Winning is
a choice. That is my daily mantra. The goal of
these episodes is to help preserve not only a language,
but lessons in life. My name is Arrow. I've dropped
a clanger. This is so British, and being here in
Carolina with its foreign ancestry, such an expression still pours
into the making of our every day, only to leave
us wondering if it was stolen from money python. I've
dropped a clanger is what the British say when they've
made an embarrassing mistake or said something that's absolutely foolish. Now,
most Americans would act in a different way. They would
pretty much say, well, I just screwed up. The phrase
or slang first made an appearance in the world in
the early part of the twentieth century. The word clanger
comes from clang, a loud metallic ringing associated with something
like hitting metal. When you make a mistake or a clanger,
it's ringing out. It can't be ignored. The British military
actually started using the term during the World War II era,
which makes me want to go back and research the
messages and live speeches of Winston Churchill just to see
if he said, well, damn, I just dropped a clanger.
What about Queen Elizabeth or King Charles when that writing
instrument exploded in his hand on global television? Did he
kind of softly whisper to himself, I guess I just
dropped a clanger. Oh wait, I think it's only the
common folk that can really understand this slang. I dropped
a clanger. Something our parents would say. My name is Arrow,