English question

[druffine]

My colleague has a calender in his room and everyday there is a new thing to learn about English as a language on.

Today's hint is:

Kaspar was really worried about the joint his elderly neighbour had invited him to on Sunday. Might he have misunderstood something?

The calender explains that: no, that old Lady does not want to smoke some pot with him but she's going to make him a nice piece of meat to eat.

Question is, does anybody talk like that? Do you invite someone over to a joint in a non-drug-y way?

Thanks for the help.

Comments

[cleeaz.livejournal.com]

No one I know uses that term, to me a joint is more of a construction term - joint is still used for pot references though. It is only in cook books that I've seen joint used in terms of meat.

Cindy Lee (who loves the absolute craziness of the English language).

[druffine.livejournal.com]

Hah! I see... I had some dark memory about the phrasing... "popping his joints" or something. Isn't it used to describe all kinds of joined ends like hinges?

Oh it's a wonderful word for bad!fic: To Spike Xander looked like a tasty joint. *urgh*

I love the English language, too, the craziness comes extra. LOL.