Have you heard...

kimheartsscott

Have you heard the phrase, "with bells on?"

laurenclaire1386

Yes, but only in regards to attending something. As in, "Are you going to x thing?" and the other person says "I'll be there with bells on."

nda_roxybabe

Yes!
Mainly to do with weddings but also events in general.

anna.oskar

It's a pretty common saying in this region.  I don't think i heard it with any frequency elsewhere.

beatlesgirl25

Same as LC. Though I suppose there is some original meaning that I don't know about, and it's probably dark and harkens back to Medieval times. That usually seems to be the case. Why do you ask, Kim?

kimheartsscott

So you're saying Scott AND my MOH are both freaks?  I realize it's outdated but I really didn't think it was that obscure...

Scott asked if it was wedding specific.  I always just thought it was event specific like LC said.

Celles

I've heard it!

anna.oskar

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[QUOTE]So you're saying Scott AND my MOH are both freaks?  I realize it's outdated but I really didn't think it was that obscure... Scott asked if it was wedding specific.  I always just thought it was event specific like LC said.
Posted by kimheartsscott[/QUOTE]


It's event specific but not necessarily a fancy or formal event.  It's a common response I hear when people are asked if they'll be at the H.S. football game.  I feel it means "i'll be there and at the ready to fully participate."

laurenclaire1386

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Have you heard... : It's event specific but not necessarily a fancy or formal event.  It's a common response I hear when people are asked if they'll be at the H.S. football game.  I feel it means <strong>"i'll be there and at the ready to fully participate."</strong>
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]
Yeah. Whenever I hear it, it always means to me "Hell yeah I'm going! And I'm really effin excited about it!" Unless that person is using his/her sarcasm font, in which case it means to me "I'd rather eat shiit and die than go, but I have to."

kimheartsscott

Yeah, I explained it to Scott and he still looked at me like I had snakes coming out of my nose.

Celles - Are you an Arizona native or no?  Scott and my MOH are, but I'm not, so that could be part of it.  But I'm also fairly sure I haven't heard from my family but just in general. 

jemmini6

I have heard the word.  What word? Oh well-a bird bird bird, bird is the word...   <-totatally my first thoughts when seeing the post title.  I probably watch too much Family Guy. LOL

Blueyed228

I use it all the time.

nda_roxybabe

Kim- your sig. always throws me off, it looks like a mannequin.

Blueyed228

Can I just add that I thought I was going to open this thread up and see

THE BIRD IS THE WORD!

And now I have that friggin song in my head.

kimheartsscott

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[QUOTE]Kim- your sig. always throws me off, it looks like a mannequin.
Posted by nda_roxybabe[/QUOTE]

SHE looks like a mannequin.  SHE.  :P

nda_roxybabe

Hahhahaha SHE. Yes, she does.

alainn15

I hear it hear in Pittsburgh and I heard it when I lived in Michigan. Here's why people say it.


"Be there with bells on. Arriving 'with bells on' -- meaning happy and delighted to attend -- goes back to the days before automobile, when it was the custom to deck out with the fanciest harness the horse that drew the carriage for special occasions. That, of course, was the harness 'with bells on.'" From the "Morris Dictionary of Word Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris (HarperCollins, Publishers, New York, 1977, 1988).

And my favorite RSVP card that I plan on copying, you have to click on the picture to read it.

betrothed123

Yes I'm familiar with the term and have heard it used a number of times.

LesPaul

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[QUOTE]Can I just add that I thought I was going to open this thread up and see THE BIRD IS THE WORD! And now I have that friggin song in my head.
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

Now I have "bird, bird, bird, bird is the word - have you heard, about the bird" in my head.  My first MIL used to sing this, and it reminds me of her.

Yes, to say 'with bells on' means to respond with enthusiasm and be ready to party.

SCBojangles1138

LOVE the RSVP card! I'd copy it too but FI would never go for it. lol

alainn15

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[QUOTE]LOVE the RSVP card! I'd copy it too but FI would never go for it. lol
Posted by SCBojangles1138[/QUOTE]

Mine loves the idea of the bells. He also wants to give out tiny bells to ring while we walk back downt the aisle

Steph0871

For some reason, the title of this thread made me think of How I Met Your Mother...

"HAve you.... met Ted?"

kimheartsscott

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[QUOTE]And my favorite RSVP card that I plan on copying, you have to click on the picture to read it.
Posted by alainn15[/QUOTE]

That's actually how it came up!  I was working on our invited suite and I made an RSVP card with this one it, showed it to him and he was like "WTF?"  We decided not to go with it incase the immigrants in his family had the same reaction.