Comments on: Enough of the readies? http://2texansdownunder.com/2008/05/12/enough-of-the-readies/ A lot like home and really different. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:25:03 +0000 By: Bob http://2texansdownunder.com/2008/05/12/enough-of-the-readies/#comment-290 Bob Thu, 15 May 2008 02:25:07 +0000 http://2texansdownunder.com/?p=83#comment-290 Ahh, British. I should have guessed. Thanks, Tors. Ahh, British. I should have guessed. Thanks, Tors.

]]> By: Tors http://2texansdownunder.com/2008/05/12/enough-of-the-readies/#comment-286 Tors Wed, 14 May 2008 05:48:12 +0000 http://2texansdownunder.com/?p=83#comment-286 Here you go: The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English p. 1597 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1596&lpg=PA1596&dq=%22the+readies%22&source=web&ots=t0L2aNidCE&sig=AAwLlSCBMnj24XPDkXw477zDUao&hl=en#PPA1596,M1 and Shorter Slang Dictionary: : from the Work of Eric Partridge and Paul Beale p. 172 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Hvxk4FiaATwC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=%22the+readies%22&source=web&ots=dHCrF5_aNm&sig=1AjUkfAgcHscp4WxMpBM_aG4W-8&hl=en Can't quote directly, but basically, the phrase originates in the UK circa 1937 and it means cash, as in "ready money". I suspect it migrated to Australia along with the ten-bob tourists post-WW2. It's not very common; I personally have never heard the phrase used by anyone in Australia and it doesn't seem to exist in any official Aussie slang guide. Very interesting subject, Bob! Here you go:

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
p. 1597
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1596&lpg=PA1596&dq=%22the+readies%22&source=web&ots=t0L2aNidCE&sig=AAwLlSCBMnj24XPDkXw477zDUao&hl=en#PPA1596,M1

and

Shorter Slang Dictionary: : from the Work of Eric Partridge and Paul Beale
p. 172
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Hvxk4FiaATwC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=%22the+readies%22&source=web&ots=dHCrF5_aNm&sig=1AjUkfAgcHscp4WxMpBM_aG4W-8&hl=en

Can’t quote directly, but basically, the phrase originates in the UK circa 1937 and it means cash, as in “ready money”. I suspect it migrated to Australia along with the ten-bob tourists post-WW2.

It’s not very common; I personally have never heard the phrase used by anyone in Australia and it doesn’t seem to exist in any official Aussie slang guide.

Very interesting subject, Bob!

]]> By: Tors http://2texansdownunder.com/2008/05/12/enough-of-the-readies/#comment-285 Tors Wed, 14 May 2008 05:40:32 +0000 http://2texansdownunder.com/?p=83#comment-285 "The readies" does indeed mean money, specifically cash. If I recall correctly, it is British slang. I'll try to find a link. “The readies” does indeed mean money, specifically cash. If I recall correctly, it is British slang. I’ll try to find a link.

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