Septic tanks, not sceptic tanks (the latter does appear, but seems to be a misspelling). That's quite a funny usage, where did you come across it? I think it's probably a species of rhyming slang off "Yanks", there's some meager amount of support for this version (e.g. search for yanks on this page).
That's quite a funny usage, where did you come across it?
In my currently favorite TV show, "Top Gear" (my CDO dictates that once I "Like" a show, I watch it cover to cover, so it's season 1 (or, rather, the way Brits call it - "series 1") episode 5).
An alternative explanation I managed to scrape from the urban dictionary: "a euphemistic stereotype for Americans who spill forth verbal filth like a sewage plant."
yanks -> tanks во-первых рифмуется, во-вторых, у yanks их было. septic tanks -> всё время хлебают коку sceptic tanks - чтоб по морде не получить - средний GI'43 был существенно здоровее среднего Tommy
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on 2011-04-15 08:51 am (UTC)no subject
on 2011-04-15 08:59 am (UTC)In my currently favorite TV show, "Top Gear" (my CDO dictates that once I "Like" a show, I watch it cover to cover, so it's season 1 (or, rather, the way Brits call it - "series 1") episode 5).
An alternative explanation I managed to scrape from the urban dictionary: "a euphemistic stereotype for Americans who spill forth verbal filth like a sewage plant."
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on 2011-04-15 09:06 am (UTC)"Sceptic tank" is nice.
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on 2011-04-15 10:16 am (UTC)no subject
on 2011-04-15 10:23 am (UTC)no subject
on 2011-04-15 12:03 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2011-04-15 09:36 am (UTC)Рифма на yanks, as far as I know.
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on 2011-04-15 10:27 am (UTC)A B, C рифмуется с B ⇒ A используется как обозначение С.
bread and honey, honey - money ⇒ bread means money.
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on 2011-04-15 12:35 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2011-04-15 02:18 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2011-04-15 01:06 pm (UTC)Выражение времён войны.
yanks -> tanks во-первых рифмуется, во-вторых, у yanks их было.
septic tanks -> всё время хлебают коку
sceptic tanks - чтоб по морде не получить - средний GI'43 был существенно здоровее среднего Tommy