Re: USAGE: idioms with variable objects (was: deeply embedded VSO nightmare)

From: "John Cowan" <cowan@...>
> Muke Tever scripsit:
>
> > "All your base are belong to X"?  (= X is in a position of superiority
over
> > you)
>
> But "base" is not truly part of this idiom, if it even counts as an idiom,
> as I have seen it substituted with other things:
>
> Microsoft company slogan:  "All your bits are belong to us!"
Well, I double-checked the line before I sent it (to make sure this wasn't a
personal idiosyncracy)... a google search of "all your base are belong to"
minus "all your base are belong to us" returned over a thousand hits.

I think it's actually common for either or both of "base" and "us" to be
replaced.  The "All your...are belong to" pattern is distinctive enough for
both to mutate, e.g. F3K's "All your cookies are belong to me, meme-freak!"

I don't think I've seen the "belong" replaced very often, though.

    *Muke!