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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

A Norton?

See you've gone for a Norton?
What does this sentence mean? What 'a Norton' refers to?
  

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Perhaps it's an antivirus software?

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  • Perhaps it's an antivirus software?
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Perhaps it's an antivirus software?
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Gone for a Burton means die/fail/be lost, stolen or strayed/etc.
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Blue JayGone for a Burton means die/fail/be lost, stolen or strayed/etc.
Not around here. Where is that expression current?
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It's British slang dating from WWII. I'm not up-to-date on British usage so I don't know how much it is used today. BNC has only one match for it.
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Gone for a Burton is British slang. But I think it may now be very old-fashioned.

Some sites suggest it is Cockney rhyming slang:based on a place name.
Gone for a Burton-On-Trent = went

Clive
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The explanation I had heard was that there was a Burton Brewery, and the advertising for their beer involved people not present being said to have "Gone for a Burton". However, it seems this explanation is unconfirmed.
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Hi

... Or it means: I see that you have decided to buy a Norton motorbike ...

Dave

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