tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90371912776550100762011-09-18T23:37:25.077-07:00Gina Samuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13733696354496440049noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037191277655010076.post-2090687812527200442005-08-25T23:36:00.000-07:002011-09-18T23:37:25.093-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Henry Farrell writes, apropos of an article in the Guardian:<br /><br />There's a bit of language play there that may escape non-UK/Irish readers. "Jammy" in "jammy first-timers" means 'possessed of undeserved luck.' It's almost never used afaik except as part of the phrase "jammy bastard."<br /><br />I was just thinking the other day of this lyric from the musical "Sweet Charity":<br /><br />All I can say is "Wow-ee!"<br />Look-a where I am.<br />Tonight I landed, pow!<br />Right in a pot of jam.<br />What a set up! Holy cow!<br />They'd never believe it,<br />If my friends could see me now!<br /><br />In particular, I was thinking that I had never heard the expression "land in a pot of jam" to mean lucky in any other context. (The lyricist, Dorothy Fields, was an American, not a Brit.) Perhaps there's some connection.<br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9037191277655010076-209068781252720044?l=alkali19.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gina Samuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13733696354496440049noreply@blogger.com0