[projectaon] Re: Errata Sprint Addendum #8 -- Welcome Back, Jon!
- From: Chris Neilson <crusty.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:42:33 +1200
On Tue, 2011-07-26 at 19:58 +0100, David Davis wrote:
> "Every little helps" is the usual phrase in the UK, and has been for
> decades.
> For several years now its been the brand tag line for Tescos, our biggest
> supermarket chain.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Blake
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 7:37 PM
>
> > 01hh 37: Every little helps -> Every bit helps (or Every little bit helps)
> > [bk: Cal Phoenix is supposed to be from California. I'm writing this from
> > California, and I think Jon would agree from neighboring Nevada that this
> > isn't accurate dialect for the Western US.]
>
> Does anyone actually say "every little helps"? As an bona fide
> Southwesterner :) I agree that "Every little bit helps" sounds best to
> me.
>
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yeah, Ive heard the older generations occasionally use that phrase.
I always associated it with a series of statements like:
person1: did you donate any money?
person2: only a little
person1: every little helps
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