Not cricket from Pinoochio ?

Michael Schartau Michael.Schartau at swipnet.se
Thu Jan 30 13:10:45 CET 2003


"Not cricket" sounds more like English to me. Probably it refers to the
English sport.

/Michael
(The sun is so low I had not noticed it before, nice)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ola Martinsson" <Ola.Martinsson at uab.ericsson.se>
To: <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: Not cricket from Pinoochio ?


>
>
> It struck me yesterday that the saying "not cricket" (means something
> like not fair play) might have something to do with the movie Pinoochio.
> Is it so that the movie gave birth to this expression or was it the
> other way around that this expression made Disney to choose a cricket as
>    Pinoochio's conscience ? Does anyone know or has any of you had the
> same thougts as I ?
>
> Ola in a sunny snowy Stockholm -5
>
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