[Shawfield Stallion]

Warrafuck does it mean?

I always assumed that when someone said, "I'll get you at the back of six" they mean they'll get you just before 7 o'clock. But it seems that everyone I ask insists that it means just AFTER 6 o'clock, which defies all logic

Which is it?? I must know these things

This post has been edited by Shawfield Stallion: 05 February 2008 - 09:38

[H Wragg]

It's deffo just after 6.

[Shawfield Stallion]

H Wragg, on Feb 5 2008, 09:21, said:

It's deffo just after 6.

Why ?

[Monster]

I always took it to mean slightly after 6 o'clock. What else can it mean?

[H Wragg]

Shawfield Stallion, on Feb 5 2008, 09:22, said:

Why ?

Because that's what it means in English (at least locally to these parts).

[qos_75]

It is just after 6 o'clock. Anything else is wrong.

[Shawfield Stallion]

qos_75, on Feb 5 2008, 09:29, said:

It is just after 6 o'clock. Anything else is wrong.

Shouldn't the back of six should mean, y'know, the back end of six. Like, I dunno, the back end of a coo, or the back of the bus.

Surely I can't be alone

[The Old Northerner]

That's a bit of Scots which threw me on first hearing - first guess was 'anytime after'. Hadn't a clue what time was being mentioned. But I can now assure the OP that 'back of' = 'just after'

[houston_bud]

definately just after 6.

[Andy C]

If I said the back of six I'd mean no later than half past.

[Shawfield Stallion]

H Wragg, on Feb 5 2008, 09:21, said:

It's deffo just after 6.

Monster, on Feb 5 2008, 09:24, said:

I always took it to mean slightly after 6 o'clock. What else can it mean?

qos_75, on Feb 5 2008, 09:29, said:

It is just after 6 o'clock. Anything else is wrong.

Replicant, on Feb 5 2008, 09:38, said:

But I can now assure the OP that 'back of' = 'just after'

So can anyone explain to me the logic there...I'm genuinely saddened that common sense has been neglected so

[Kincardine]

Shawfield Stallion, on Feb 5 2008, 09:33, said:

Shouldn't the back of six should mean, y'know, the back end of six. Like, I dunno, the back end of a coo, or the back of the bus.

Surely I can't be alone

I don't know where the phrase comes from but I can only assume it's when the hour hand is not in front of 6 but just behind (the back of) it.

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[Shawfield Stallion]

Kincardine, on Feb 5 2008, 10:15, said:

I don't know where the phrase comes from but I can only assume it's when the clock hand is not in front of 6 but just behind (the back of) it.

Do you mean you take it to mean just before 6 o'clock?

The plot thickens

edit: actually, I think you mean the hour hand. In which case, you may be on to something

This post has been edited by Shawfield Stallion: 05 February 2008 - 10:18

[Kincardine]

Shawfield Stallion, on Feb 5 2008, 10:17, said:

Do you mean you take it to mean just before 6 o'clock?

The plot thickens

edit: actually, I think you mean the hour hand. In which case, you may be on to something

Yes...I did mean the hour hand. Well spotted.

[KnightswoodBear]

Anything after and up to quarter past 6. That's it. No more.

[Shawfield Stallion]

Kincardine, on Feb 5 2008, 10:25, said:

Yes...I did mean the hour hand. Well spotted.

You're probably right. Still, despite this possibly being the most one-sided poll ever (even I voted for after 6 by mistake) I'm going to stick religiously to it meaning just before 7, which makes more sense.

Ooooh, you're all just having a laugh, aren't you Nice one guys, you almost had me for a second

[Johnstoun]

Britannia.org:

back of
the back of an hour is the time just after it, up until about twenty past.
I'll meet you at the back of eight.

bampot (pronounced bam-pot)
A bampot is a colloquial term for a foolish, stupid or crazy person, as are bam and bamstick.

[Shawfield Stallion]

Johnstoun, on Feb 5 2008, 10:34, said:

Britannia.org:

back of
the back of an hour is the time just after it, up until about twenty past.
I'll meet you at the back of eight.

So if 'the back of' means up til about 20 past, why do they call it the back of eight? Surely seeing the back of something is to see the end of it ?

This is a right headfuck folks

[Reina]

It means just after 6 (up to about 6:15).

[KiwiDB]

If I say the "back of 6" to someone I generally mean about 615-620.

[xbl]

I despise the expression.

'Back of' SHOULD mean just before. If I said the back of 6, then I would mean 5:45 or so. But its a silly, silly expression.

[Swampy]

I don't know why it means "just after"; what I do know is that this is what it means.

[houston_bud]

xb@sslichtie, on Feb 5 2008, 11:30, said:

I despise the expression.

'Back of' SHOULD mean just before. If I said the back of 6, then I would mean 5:45 or so. But its a silly, silly expression.

why does 'back of' mean before?

[xbl]

houston_bud, on Feb 5 2008, 11:33, said:

why does 'back of' mean before?

Because it just should.

[the-crawf]

Say hypothetically that the number 12 was a person, (it doesnt matter what hour it is, im my opinion its based on the minute hand as thats the constant for each hour)

If the minute hand was approaching 12 it could be said to be coming towards it (or in front of it)

Therefore once it has passed 12 it is behind it. i.e the back of it.

easy ja?