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No ticket no taco

Discussion in 'The Off Topic Room' started by Stumblinman, Oct 7, 2015.

  1. Stumblinman

    Stumblinman Founding Member

    does anyone know the origin of this phrase ? It crosses many states and at least 25 years. i.e. that's how long I've heard it.
     
  2. Mrmnms

    Mrmnms Founding Member Gold Contributor

    maybe this...
    What does " no ticky, no shirty " mean ?
    The ungrammatical phrase "no tickee no shirtee" also known as "no tickee no washee," speaks about a Chinese laundryman's power over a laundry transaction, wherein the Chinese laundryman refused to relinquish freshly laundered shirts to a white man, who has innocently and unintentionally lost his claim ticket.


    The phrase is a fine example of a linguistic phenomenon; when people learn a new language, they layer their new vocabulary on top of the grammatical structure of their native language, like for the Mandarin Chinese phrase: ”mei(2) pian(3) yi(1) mei(2) chun(3) yi(1)”; wh


    Read more http://www.kgbanswers.com/what-does-no-ticky-no-shirty-mean/4349860#ixzz3nu0ishvJ
     
  3. Stumblinman

    Stumblinman Founding Member

    That's interesting thanks. I like that it's a phonetics thing.
     

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