WE ARE THE CROONIES WHO SAY TOODLE-PIP!!!

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BohemianSpirit wrote:

A famous Croonie:



Toodle-pip!

Poor Bing, getting blamed for saying "Toodle-pip".

By the way, what does toodle-pip mean? Is it something vulgar that Sky made up?

Think of me, poor foreigner...

Not that after my googling I understand much more of it.


From the Urban Dictionary

1. toodle pip

to toodle pip a dear friend, means to say goodbye in a very friendly way.

toodle pip me ol' deeer!!


2. Toodle Pip

A British colloquialism used when saying goodbye that is preferable to "ta ta" or other more Americanized forms of farewell.

Mimsy said, "Toodle Pip," to her dead grandmother as Mimsy exited the drawing room wearing a large smile and her grandmother's pearls.
ta ta see ya goodbye toodles toodle-loo toodle-oo


3. toodle pip

you have a very cute toodle pip there, as in a baby.

are is that your newborn toodle pip?



From Wiktionary:

toodle pip

1. (humorous UK) goodbye

Right, I'm off. Toodle pip!

Toodle pip is typically used jocularly, in imitation of upper-class speakers.

Thanks for UK English 101, Tonnie. Much appreciated. I had all I could do to pass American English!!

I'm just glad to know it wasn't a title to one of Dyebat's XXX rated stories.

Toodle pip doesn't get mentioned in this old WW1 song but other Britishisms (is that a word?) for good bye do.

Good-bye-ee

Brother Bertie went away
To do his bit the other day
With a smile on his lips
and his Lieutenant's pips
upon his shoulder bright and gay
As the train moved out he said,
'Remember me to all the birds.'
Then he wagged his paw
and went away to war
Shouting out these pathetic words:

Goodbye-ee, goodbye-ee,
Wipe the tear, baby dear, from your eye-ee,
Tho' it's hard to part I know,
I'll be tickled to death to go.
Don't cry-ee, dont sigh-ee,
there's a silver lining in the sky-ee,
Bonsoir, old thing, cheer-i-o, chin, chin,
Nah-poo, toodle-oo, Goodbye-ee.

At the hospital at Kew,
The convalescents, dressed in blue,
Had to hear Lady Lee, who had turned 83,
Sing all the old, old songs she knew.
Then she made a speech and said,
"I look on you boys with pride,
And to thank you all I'm going to kiss each one",
Then they all grabbed a stick and cried,

Goodbye-ee, goodbye-ee,
Wipe the tear, baby dear, from your eye-ee,
Tho' it's hard to part I know,
I'll be tickled to death to go.
Don't cry-ee, dont sigh-ee,
there's a silver lining in the sky-ee,
Bonsoir, old thing, cheer-i-o, chin, chin,
Nah-poo, toodle-oo, Goodbye-ee.

It was a song my nanna (grandmother) sang when she was a child during the first war and she taught it to me. We used to have great fun singing it together.

You can listen to it HERE

Nah poo is a corruption of il n’y en a plus - there's no more, finished.

BohemianSpirit wrote:

A famous Croonie:



Toodle-pip!

Oh, Bing again. He keeps popping up on this Forum. He was my original Susan.

Now I'm laughing even harder. I was thinking this "Croonie" business was an Americanism - I didn't get that it was the yellow bird's typo - I thought it was funny before but now... floooooooor

BohemianSpirit wrote:

janakimack wrote:

Now I'm laughing even harder. I was thinking this "Croonie" business was an Americanism - I didn't get that it was the yellow bird's typo - I thought it was funny before but now... floooooooor

Yep. I think he meant "cronie." Normally I don't make fun of typos and misspellings, but in this case, I made an exception.

Toodle-pip! Cheerio! What ho!

EW's behaviour and policies makes me make many, many exceptions!!! Toodle...

BohemianSpirit wrote:

janakimack wrote:

Now I'm laughing even harder. I was thinking this "Croonie" business was an Americanism - I didn't get that it was the yellow bird's typo - I thought it was funny before but now... floooooooor

Yep. I think he meant "cronie." Normally I don't make fun of typos and misspellings, but in this case, I made an exception.

Toodle-pip! Cheerio! What ho!

You are turning into a real Brit, what with the What ho! and all.

ta ta for now!

sucanfun wrote:

BohemianSpirit wrote:

janakimack wrote:

Now I'm laughing even harder. I was thinking this "Croonie" business was an Americanism - I didn't get that it was the yellow bird's typo - I thought it was funny before but now... floooooooor

Yep. I think he meant "cronie." Normally I don't make fun of typos and misspellings, but in this case, I made an exception.

Toodle-pip! Cheerio! What ho!

You are turning into a real Brit, what with the What ho! and all.

ta ta for now!

She's turning into a Hollywood stereotype of the British!

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sucanfun wrote:

BohemianSpirit wrote:

janakimack wrote:

Now I'm laughing even harder. I was thinking this "Croonie" business was an Americanism - I didn't get that it was the yellow bird's typo - I thought it was funny before but now... floooooooor

Yep. I think he meant "cronie." Normally I don't make fun of typos and misspellings, but in this case, I made an exception.

Toodle-pip! Cheerio! What ho!

You are turning into a real Brit, what with the What ho! and all.

ta ta for now!

She's turning into a Hollywood stereotype of the British!

No, she hasn't said, "Jolly hockey sticks" yet!!!

sucanfun wrote:

"Oh, raaahhhther" -- another great Britishism!

That reminds me, I wanted to add "Jeeves and Wooster" to my Netflix queue.

Pip-pip!

Oh, jolly hockey sticks!

O.K. Tell me about the "jolly hockey sticks."

Keep it clean. This IS the Guest Forum...

BohemianSpirit wrote:

O.K. Tell me about the "jolly hockey sticks."

Keep it clean. This IS the Guest Forum...

From the Cambridge Dictionery (I Googled, Jolly Hockey Sticks) Note: The hockey sticks are field hockey sticks, not ice hockey.


be jolly hockey sticks British, humorous

if a woman or situation is jolly hockey sticks, the woman or the people involved in that situation belong to a high social class, and often talk in a very happy way that seems false
Well, she's okay, but a little jolly hockey sticks, if you know what I mean.



I first remember hearing the expression in a film, I can't remember the whole title, but it had St. Trinians in the name.


St Trinian's belles to ring once more:

They were the stocking-clad schoolgirls whose riotous antics brightened up 1950s Britain. Now Rupert Everett is to star in a revival of the fondly remembered films.

They coined the phrase "jolly hockey sticks", and inspired a generation of schoolgirls to throw stink bombs and flash their stocking-tops at authority. Now, after a quarter of a century's orderly silence, the girls of St Trinian's are making a comeback.

We wouldn't want our guests to think we're looney-tunes or anything.....




Toodle-pip!

There apparently has been a re make of the original St. Trinians. Colin Firth stars.

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H*ll, and I used the word croonies in a post, it sounded good...
Don't teach me wrong English... or is it jolly good now??

sucanfun wrote:

There apparently has been a re make of the original St. Trinians. Colin Firth stars.

It's Animal House reset in a British gel's school! Gaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!

tonnie_rocca wrote:

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H*ll, and I used the word croonies in a post, it sounded good...
Don't teach me wrong English... or is it jolly good now??

Oh Tonnie, floooooooooooooooooooooooor