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Cool Breeze Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

The walk of life

Mark Knopfler of a group called Dire Straits sings on one of the songs: "He do the walk of life." I have been told by a couple of Brits that the walk of life means nothing. Are there other opinions? It's certainly all Greek to me.

Cheers
CB
  

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" I have been told by a couple of Brits that the walk of life means nothing. Are there other opinions? It's certainly all Greek to me.

— Philip

  • " I have been told by a couple of Brits that the walk of life means nothing.
  • Are there other opinions?
  • It's certainly all Greek to me.
  • Cheers CB "talk the talk" = have a lot to say about how things are, how they should change, even be opinionated.
  • "walk the walk" = do something about the above.
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Cool BreezeMark Knopfler of a group called Dire Straits sings on one of the songs: "He do the walk of life." I have been told by a couple of Brits that the walk of life means nothing. Are there other opinions? It's certainly all Greek to me.

Cheers
CB
"talk the talk" = have a lot to say about how things are, how
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Hi Philip

Thanks for the reply. Knopfler does sing he do the walk of life because it is shorter and comes effortlessly from his lips, I suppose. The name of the song is Walk Of Life. Dire Straits is an English group and recorded the song about 20 years ago.

Cheers
CB
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As a small aside Mark Knoppfler is from Newcastle, one of the northernmost English cities. For such a small country, England exhibits an extraordinary diversity of regional dialects; "Geordie" (as the Newcastle version is known) is one of the most distinctive, retaining many Old English and Viking phrases as part of the local slang lexicon. A few others (there are many) would be "Brummie," for t
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Yes The Walk of Life was an expedition from Londoin to Khartoum 1985-1986 to raise money for famine relief. Five guys walked all the way, 2.500 miles! Walk led by John Abbey. Dire Straits supported the walk by donating a gold disc (Brothers in Arms)
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