Comments on: Rain Check http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/ Marina Orlova - Not your typical philologist. Etymology, philology, word origins, origin of, hot teacher. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:07:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BlueTiger http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-165355 BlueTiger Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:33:03 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-165355 As a non-fan of baseball or other spectator sports, I didn't know that. But when I was young, the drive-in movies were extremely popular. For those of you who have never been to a drive-in movie, you pay your admission, and drive your car into a large parking lot that has a gigantic movie screen out in the open and watch the movie from within your car. Of course, if the weather turns nasty in the middle of the movie, as it was apt to do sometimes, the showing of the movie was interrupted, and you would be given a rain check that was good for admission on another occasion. I had always thought that to be the origin of the word. But according to Marina's lesson, the word came long before there were ever any drive-n movies. Live and learn! Thanks, Marina! As a non-fan of baseball or other spectator sports, I didn’t know that. But when I was young, the drive-in movies were extremely popular. For those of you who have never been to a drive-in movie, you pay your admission, and drive your car into a large parking lot that has a gigantic movie screen out in the open and watch the movie from within your car. Of course, if the weather turns nasty in the middle of the movie, as it was apt to do sometimes, the showing of the movie was interrupted, and you would be given a rain check that was good for admission on another occasion.

I had always thought that to be the origin of the word. But according to Marina’s lesson, the word came long before there were ever any drive-n movies. Live and learn! Thanks, Marina!

]]> By: michael r http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-136407 michael r Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:18:52 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-136407 how old was the Rain Check? how old was the Rain Check?

]]> By: Capman911 http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-128531 Capman911 Wed, 06 May 2009 17:13:05 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-128531 I don't remember what the quote was now. But it was a bit of a brain teaser as you can see from the comments. It was a quote from someone named Cobb. Sorry. I don’t remember what the quote was now. But it was a bit of a brain teaser as you can see from the comments. It was a quote from someone named Cobb. Sorry.

]]> By: hs4mm http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-128491 hs4mm Wed, 06 May 2009 06:10:40 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-128491 What was the quote? What was the quote?

]]> By: hs4mm http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-128489 hs4mm Wed, 06 May 2009 06:08:16 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-128489 I take rain checks from grocery stores -- when they have a product on sale but are sold-out (and so do not have any more of the product on their shelves) they give a rain-check that guarantees the sale price for a future time when they have restocked the product. I take rain checks from grocery stores — when they have a product on sale but are sold-out (and so do not have any more of the product on their shelves) they give a rain-check that guarantees the sale price for a future time when they have restocked the product.

]]> By: 101kasi http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-102832 101kasi Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:19:17 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-102832 Cookies done :grin: Cookies done :grin:

]]> By: Chemikal http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-77010 Chemikal Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:52:54 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-77010 I predict that humans will be able to control the weather in 30 years maximum, so this Rain Check business will die out soon. Since it's impolite to cancel or rain check a meeting. I predict that humans will be able to control the weather in 30 years maximum, so this Rain Check business will die out soon.
Since it’s impolite to cancel or rain check a meeting.

]]> By: mrchex http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-76201 mrchex Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:07:23 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-76201 She's done Taxi dude. check the word list. She’s done Taxi dude. check the word list.

]]> By: pig-in-a-poke http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-75933 pig-in-a-poke Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:55:27 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-75933 Mijj, Pickle me, silly, and eat my brains? I might have the last laugh and a great "Trick or Treat". Capman, The menu sounds great! But, Piggy might want to take a <i><b>rain check</i></b> on that. :eek: My dad an I had a great pulled pork sandwich in La Jolla, CA. He told me taught me to put the cole slaw on top. Yumm! Great way to eat the sandwich! Mijj,

Pickle me, silly, and eat my brains? I might have the last laugh and a great “Trick or Treat”.

Capman,

The menu sounds great! But, Piggy might want to take a rain check on that. :eek:

My dad an I had a great pulled pork sandwich in La Jolla, CA. He told me taught me to put the cole slaw on top. Yumm! Great way to eat the sandwich!

]]> By: onlycasperman http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-75878 onlycasperman Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:04:44 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-75878 Wonderful a women and wonderful a website! Wonderful a women and wonderful a website!

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