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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 6638657" data-attributes="member: 7808">I think that in modern times the etymology of &quot;Homecoming&quot; and the original logic behind it are largely immaterial to the cultural aspect.&nbsp; The real point of Homecoming is that its the Big Social Event that takes place at the beginning of the school year.&nbsp; It's characterized by a Big Dance and a Big Game.The opposite side of Homecoming is Prom, which is the Big Social Event that takes place at the end of the school year.&nbsp; Prom just has a Big Dance (no Big Game) but stereotypically also involves a Big Bang.&nbsp; Other potential Big Social Events are a Sadie Hawkins Dance (called Turnabout at my high school) where girls are expected to ask guys out, and some sort of a winter dance.One of the big things I never understood about the Queens English is why people use so much rhyming slang.&nbsp; For example, I've heard (on these boards) someone use the term &quot;telling porkies&quot; to mean &quot;telling lies&quot;.&nbsp; Lies rhymes with pork pies which becomes porky pies which becomes porkies.&nbsp; But &quot;porkies&quot; is longer and less efficient than &quot;lies&quot; and just MAKES NO SENSE.&nbsp; I mean, thousands of words rhyme with &quot;lies&quot;.&nbsp; Why not &quot;telling flys&quot; or &quot;telling guys&quot; or anything else?&nbsp; And there's a lot of completely random rhyming slang.&nbsp; How are people who aren't personally familiar with what arbitrary rhyme was chosen supposed to make the connection?&nbsp; Are you lot just intentionally making your language hard for foreigners or something?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 6638657, member: 7808"] I think that in modern times the etymology of "Homecoming" and the original logic behind it are largely immaterial to the cultural aspect. The real point of Homecoming is that its the Big Social Event that takes place at the beginning of the school year. It's characterized by a Big Dance and a Big Game. The opposite side of Homecoming is Prom, which is the Big Social Event that takes place at the end of the school year. Prom just has a Big Dance (no Big Game) but stereotypically also involves a Big Bang. Other potential Big Social Events are a Sadie Hawkins Dance (called Turnabout at my high school) where girls are expected to ask guys out, and some sort of a winter dance. One of the big things I never understood about the Queens English is why people use so much rhyming slang. For example, I've heard (on these boards) someone use the term "telling porkies" to mean "telling lies". Lies rhymes with pork pies which becomes porky pies which becomes porkies. But "porkies" is longer and less efficient than "lies" and just MAKES NO SENSE. I mean, thousands of words rhyme with "lies". Why not "telling flys" or "telling guys" or anything else? And there's a lot of completely random rhyming slang. How are people who aren't personally familiar with what arbitrary rhyme was chosen supposed to make the connection? Are you lot just intentionally making your language hard for foreigners or something? [/QUOTE]

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