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Victorycountry Posted 18 years ago
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far out
Hi,
Yesterday, I heard a someone saying, 'It's boiling here, far out!'.
Well, I hear a lot people saying 'far out', and I do aware the meaning of it ('strange').
But I, myself, don't really know when to use it?
I had a shift at a Japanese restaurant yesterday, and a customer was a bit unhappy of getting a cold rice and she want it replaced by a hot and steamed one.
In such a case, would I be able to say something like, ' Far out, I will change it for you.'
Thanks in advance.
Yesterday, I heard a someone saying, 'It's boiling here, far out!'.
Well, I hear a lot people saying 'far out', and I do aware the meaning of it ('strange').
But I, myself, don't really know when to use it?
I had a shift at a Japanese restaurant yesterday, and a customer was a bit unhappy of getting a cold rice and she want it replaced by a hot and steamed one.
In such a case, would I be able to say something like, ' Far out, I will change it for you.'
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
'. " It doesn't really make sense to me. " is totally inappropriate, in my opinion, when speaking to a customer.
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- " It doesn't really make sense to me.
- " is totally inappropriate, in my opinion, when speaking to a customer.
- It is really too slangy for use in such circumstances.
- " includes the idea that something is amazing in a strange or weird way.
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'It's boiling here, far out!'.I find this a very peculiar usage of "Far out!" It doesn't really make sense to me.
' Far out, I will change it for you.'"Far out!" is totally inappropriate, in my opinion, when speaking to a customer. It is really too slangy for use in such circumstances.
To my ear, it would be used in all the same situati
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Hi,
It seems to me like a rather old-fashioned idiom today. It began in the sixties, with the hippie culture of California.
Some idioms can be tricky to use correctly. My advice to you is just not to say it. It would certainly be inappropriate in the restaurant situation you have described.
Clive
It seems to me like a rather old-fashioned idiom today. It began in the sixties, with the hippie culture of California.
Some idioms can be tricky to use correctly. My advice to you is just not to say it. It would certainly be inappropriate in the restaurant situation you have described.
Clive
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Thanks very much, Jim and Clive.
Some idioms, well, unless you really understand it, I understand that it could offend people.
Because I had a few bad experiences after using some words or idioms incorrectly, some people became a bit unfriendly after that and the thing was I didn't mean that way but they understood that way.
Does it make sense?
Well, I think I
Some idioms, well, unless you really understand it, I understand that it could offend people.
Because I had a few bad experiences after using some words or idioms incorrectly, some people became a bit unfriendly after that and the thing was I didn't mean that way but they understood that way.
Does it make sense?
Well, I think I
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Yes. That makes sense, and it's understandable. You are not the only one that this sort of thing has happened to! Maybe you'll n
Because I had a few bad experiences after using some words or idioms incorrectly, some people became a bit unfriendly after that and the thing was I didn't mean that way but they understood that way.
Does it make sense?
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