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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
Holy Cannoli! <--- give your opinions, ladies and gentlemen
Hi,
I sometimes (humorously) use the interjection Holy cannoli!
Could the natives tell me what they think of that expression? Who uses it, where you heard it, what it makes you think...
I read it some time ago in a comic strip. I think Mickey Mouse said it. Then I heard it in a video on Youtube, where a guy was doing a stereotypical New York accent. So I guess it has something to do with New Yorkers (Isn't Mickey Mouse from New York?)
Thanks!!!
I sometimes (humorously) use the interjection Holy cannoli!
Could the natives tell me what they think of that expression? Who uses it, where you heard it, what it makes you think...
I read it some time ago in a comic strip. I think Mickey Mouse said it. Then I heard it in a video on Youtube, where a guy was doing a stereotypical New York accent. So I guess it has something to do with New Yorkers (Isn't Mickey Mouse from New York?)
Thanks!!!
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), but I rarely hear anyone use it and never use it myself .
- ), but I rarely hear anyone use it and never use it myself .
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I've heard it and know what it means (whoa!), but I rarely hear anyone use it and never use it myself 
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I've never heard it, but it's cute. It seems no different than "holy cow" or "holy mackerel" or "holy smoke."
No, Mickey Mouse was invented by Walt Disney, who did NOT live in New York.
No, Mickey Mouse was invented by Walt Disney, who did NOT live in New York.
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Hi Kooyeen
I can't specifically remember ever having heard someone actually use that expression. However, it's an expression that rings a bell, so I guess I must have heard it somewhere...
I can't specifically remember ever having heard someone actually use that expression. However, it's an expression that rings a bell, so I guess I must have heard it somewhere...
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I've heard it once or twice, but not very regularly.
I think native Americans would find it amusing in the mouth of an Italian, though!
It's an equivalent, as GG says, of Holy cow or Holy smoke, an expression of astonishment like Wow! or Geez! or even, to select an expression of approximately the same (low) frequency of use, Geez Louise!
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I think native Americans would find it amusing in the mouth of an Italian, though!
It's an equivalent, as GG says, of Holy cow or Holy smoke, an expression of astonishment like Wow! or Geez! or even, to select an expression of approximately the same (low) frequency of use, Geez Louise!
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I say "Geez Louise" all the time! 
The "Holy Cannoli" sounds like one of those "Batman and Robin" exchanges - from
The "Holy Cannoli" sounds like one of those "Batman and Robin" exchanges - from
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Holy cannoli, so many replies! Thanks a lot.
PS: I found out that Mickey Mouse lives in Mouseton.
PS: I found out that Mickey Mouse lives in Mouseton.
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I say "Geez Louise" all the time!So I guess if you lived around here, I'd hear it a lot more, and I'd have to revise my opinion about its frequency of use!
CJ
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I think it's fair to say that the intensity of my profanity diminished as my children reached the age in which they repeated everything they heard. I'm pretty comfortable with their saying "Geez Louise" in front of strangers. Some of the other words that I perfected during my stint in the Navy would not be received so well.
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