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nugentch 3 Mar 2009 22:11
What is a Jackson??
 
I am about halfway through reading Mondo Enduro. I have consulted my American/English dictionary to no avail. Would one of our British friends please explain to this yank what a Jackson is? I assume it is some kind of unsavory character. The Mondo boys refer to being Jacksoned, etc.

Remember, Winston Churchill once said "Our greatest difference is our common language." :smartass:

CornishDaddy 3 Mar 2009 22:33
Artist
 
Jackson Pollocks - Bollox!

nugentch 3 Mar 2009 23:35
Quote:
Originally Posted by CornishDeity (Post 231614)
Jackson Pollocks - Bollox!
:confused1::confused1::confused1::confused1::confu sed1::confused1::confused1::confused1::confused1:: confused1::confused1::confused1:

Sorry, it made me put 12 of them in.

palace15 4 Mar 2009 00:06
Although Cornishdeity is correct with his interpretation of 'Jackson' I believe from what I remember from the book, that in the context it was used I believe it was thier slang for 'locals'.

Flyingdoctor 4 Mar 2009 04:30
Cor blimey mate you need to check out your jackson pollocks here...

Cockney Rhyming Slang, London Slang, rhyming slang dictionary

Hornet600 4 Mar 2009 05:52
Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyingdoctor (Post 231646)
Cor blimey mate you need to check out your jackson pollocks here...

Cockney Rhyming Slang, London Slang, rhyming slang dictionary
Beat me too it! We'll educate the yanks yet!

CornishDaddy 4 Mar 2009 08:17
Apples
 
Yes, not sure what apples and pears have to do with stairs either!

Think rhyming slang is just a step too far so our cousins, just like all those extra vowels.

I would suggest that if they were 'Jacksoned' it meant bolloxed, in whatever context. (pissed, stoned, annoyed).

george t 4 Mar 2009 10:31
from the horse's mouth
 
well, not long ago I bumped into Austin - as one does - and asked him, what is a "Jackson".

Jackson apparently is ..." a local whose name is unknown.." that obviously follows the fact that the local's name remained unknown for various reasons

eg. limited linguistic interoperability ie. don't speak english

and / or

too drunk / stoned / stupid to communicate with the mondo chaps and exchange pleasantries..

although Austin didn't say, explicitly I suspect a "jackson" is usually is a local whose attention to the mondo chaps has not been 100% welcome..

therefore the term "..been Jacksoned in the middle of the night.."

nugentch 4 Mar 2009 12:27
Quote:
Originally Posted by george t (Post 231677)
well, not long ago I bumped into Austin - as one does - and asked him, what is a "Jackson".

Jackson apparently is ..." a local whose name is unknown.." that obviously follows the fact that the local's name remained unknown for various reasons

eg. limited linguistic interoperability ie. don't speak english

and / or

too drunk / stoned / stupid to communicate with the mondo chaps and exchange pleasantries..

although Austin didn't say, explicitly I suspect a "jackson" is usually is a local whose attention to the mondo chaps has not been 100% welcome..

therefore the term "..been Jacksoned in the middle of the night.."
Thank you. I had a suspicion that that was the meaning from context.

quastdog 4 Mar 2009 16:10
A Jackson could be a US $20 bill - Andrew Jackson (dead president) being the picture on the bill.

nugentch 4 Mar 2009 21:21
Quote:
Originally Posted by quastdog (Post 231745)
A Jackson could be a US $20 bill - Andrew Jackson (dead president) being the picture on the bill.

Ummmmm...doesn't fit the context! :rolleyes2:


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