| Author | Message | ||
     Dasxb9s |
OK... This may be petty, but it is my finger nails on the chalkboard of speed channel and other bike related Discovery channel programs, etc. I hear builders talking of their "one off" and the persons on these programs commenting on the "one off". The other day I read the term "one off" in a bike magazine. Up until then, I was thinking no one can speak proper english and was mispronouncing "one of", as in "one of" a kind. (No, I am not an English major, as a matter of fact, I did not finish college!) Why didn't I get that memo that "one of" as referring to one of a kind was changed to "ONE OFF"?? Can no one speak english any more... or has urban cool dude speak totally taken over the language??? Someone "splain" this to me!!! ...and if there are more bastardized terms... share them... I bet I didn't those memos either!!! | ||
| Bomber |
Dennis And Company My understanding is that "one off" refers to pulling "one off" the mold, and then making no more . . . . . . unfortunately, I do not have my etymology text here at work (though I likely should) | ||
| Awprior |
My guess... Started off as 'one of a kind', got shortened to 'one of', and since lots of people are lazy, eventually became 'one off'. 'Nough said, just my thoughts... Alex | ||
| Awprior |
Bomber, That works too, I guess! | ||
| Smkdm2 |
It's used in the print world and such a lot. It's a one off sample print. Doing a one off is usually more expensive because the labor goes into making the mold, template, stencil, plate, etc to mass produce. I've actually never heard of it as a "one of" I've always heard it as a "one off". Not that I've heard it all, I'm just sayin. edited by smkdm2 on June 09, 2004 | ||
| Xb9er |
From Merriam-Webster online dictionary-- Mike. | ||
| Charlieboy6649 |
Bravo XB9er, Unique being the key descriptor in these instances... |
