Americanisms

In this spot I will show you some real life sayings, proverbs, and coloquial expressions that I have collected over the years from the real Mc Coy field (real life situation).

When you get around to it: This one I never really got it (understood it). Once the chaplain of the hospital where I worked in California wrote a cute comment about it, which circulated in an informal way throughout the facility among collaborators (we were called employees at the time, because some guys were beginning to use the so called "P.C." or politically correct language). Anyway, he drew a circle on a piece of paper and right smack on its center he put a dot to it.
Then he wrote, and I'm paraphasing now, "Here you have a famous tool to carry on a conversation with, just look at it, it is simple, it doesn't have a brand name stamped on it, or a patent pending label, but just about everyone uses it around here. This is your famous, ever present "around to it" so, keep it and use it whenever you need it and wherever you travel. He was the Protestant chaplain, because we had a Catholic priest whom I saw once in a blue moon entering the admiting lounge, and a Jewish rabbi that I only saw on holidays... The Protestant chaplain was a gas (very funny) and humorous gentleman, but never left aside his religious duties. Just miss him very much. You got to realize that I was a young man back in 1973, who had come from a Catholic background (past) in Argentina, and never before had I seen a priest back home behave in a playful way at work. Americans taught me to relax, enjoy life, be productive but at the same time be fun.

The real Mc Coy: a real situation in life

Sleep tight: sleep and rest well

See ya later alligator: see you later

Get together: a party, a meeting, a family reunion.

Don't be a nut: Don't be crazy

Guy-s: This one is another of those do it all words. Yeah, because Americans use it for just about everything, men, women, machines, dogs, etc. The first time they (Americans) called me a guy, I felt proud, but soon after I had to go to a TGIF party to which I had been invited, and a guy (man) said to the crow: "Now you are going to see the real Mc Coy about this guy (a laptop) and I hope that tomorrow when you get around to it in the office, you guys (people) will remember me for showing it to you first. Ah, and don't try to be a nut by writing on the computer for an hour without saving your work. And at the end of the get together(party) everybody said good night, see ya later alligator, sleep tight...

TGIF: Stands for Thank God Is Friday. At the end of every week we used to get together at the local Atto's pub in Los gatos, California.

Once in a blue moon: to see somebody in very rare occasions, rarely see something or someone.

Background: your past history, the portion behind something or what you can see on a rear plane (position).

Restroom: A toilet or bathroom. Why do Americans call this place a rest room beats me, because people certainly don't go there to sleep, or to spend a well deserved vacation. Well, I have to take that back though, because in some ladies' restrooms I have seen couches, chairs, to rest I guess.