Talking Kitchen Appliances
The other day my girlfriend used the expression "The pot calling the kettle black." I had never heard it before. She was aghast. Apparently it's very common. All the kids are using it these days.
So, I'm conducting an informal, non-scientific poll: have you (yes, you) heard the expression before, or is it new to you too? I need to know where I stand.
So, I'm conducting an informal, non-scientific poll: have you (yes, you) heard the expression before, or is it new to you too? I need to know where I stand.
15 Comments:
sweet lord! Its been around FOREV-A!!
Both me and Mandy have heard it. Jeez Kiki where have you been?
This is fascinating. I was SURE that if I hadn't heard it, my own flesh and blood wouldn't have either. I just assumed it was one of those crazy "Newfie" things...
I don't understand how I've missed it! *brain explodes*
I haven't. lol.
"Crazy Newfie things!?" BAH What are you talking about?! Clearly you are the crazy one for not having heard of this very common saying when even 2 of the 4 you were raised with know it, not to mention all your friends. And to think, you with the English major!! :P
Yep, it's a good 'un.
....Kyle....you....are....not....very....smart....
Yep. Millions of times! But I live in Australia. : )
your blog is very entertaining!
It's at least 15 years old and likely much older. I'm not a native English speaker so that's when I heard it first. It's very common in my area of the U.S., and I've heard it used in film dialogue.
It goes back in English at least to the late 1600s:
"For a Covetous Man to inveigh against Prodigality... is for the Pot to call the Kettle black."
--William Penn
Yep, it's been around for a while now, though I always found it an odd saying with slightly racist overtones.
Heard it in Glee tonight!! :P Of course, thought of you!
Yeah I'm in North Carolina and I literally use it almost everyday!
Grew up hearing it.
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