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The only time I've ever heard that word used is in a pub in Portsmouth, with a heavily refreshed mother shouting at her young children to "stop squinnying".
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- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: with a heavily refreshed mother shouting at her young children to "stop squinnying".
That is exactly the correct usage of the word.
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Isn't it whinny?
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See, there are commonly used words (as "whiny", for example) and there are local equivalents for these words, in this specific case "Squinny" is what a Portsmouth person says instead of whiny.
"Stop whining" - Usually used
"Stop squinnying" - Used in Portsmouth
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I'm from Brizzle (as the locals say) I have heard it...I have relations from Devon who I heard it from first so it might not be Portsmouth. 
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I've never heard that (I'm from Yorkshire and currently live near Oxford).
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There's a ritual in a Filipino wedding wherein the bride will throw her bouquet and whoever (lady) who catches it will be the next bride..
Now I thought, why don't try it in a funeral? 
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Because in order for the "star of the show" to throw the wreath, (s)he would have to be undead - and that means the catcher is about to be bitten... Might catch on in Ecuador?
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Luis Suarez again?
Then maybe the family would do the honor of throwing the funeral flowers? 
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Yeeeessss.....but would you want to catch them?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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No. Those flowers seems heavier. I can't catch them.
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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A marriage and a funeral are not that different are they?
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Great minds think alike. Haha!
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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In Ireland the only difference is one less drunk at the funeral.
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Mike Hankey wrote: A marriage and a funeral are not that different are they?
In the latter, only one life has ended
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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I second you !!
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It does. Although most people get bored waiting for the deceased to throw the flowers after about 2 hours.
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"Bouquet", Dearie, not wreath. Wreaths are for funerals.
The practice started about a zillion years ago, in Europe, where the garter was thrown -- but that was something unwholesome to do with checking that the marriage had been consummated, apparently, so brides started throwing their bouquets, instead.
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The groom is the one who throws the garter..
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Wow. The rumours of rampant transvestitism in the Philippines must be true.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The bride is the one who wears the garter and the groom will take it off the bride's leg.
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Interestingly, that's only in the US.
The garter tradition originated back to the 14th century. In parts of Europe the guests of the bride and groom believed having a piece of the bride’s clothing was thought to bring good luck. They would actually destroy the brides dress by ripping off pieces of fabric. Obviously, this tradition did not sit well with the bride, so she began throwing various items to the guests – the garter being one of them. It became customary for the bride to toss the garter to the men. But this also caused a great problem for the bride….sometimes the men would get drunk, become impatient and try to remove the garter ahead of time. Therefore, the custom derived at having the groom remove and toss the garter to the men. With this change, the bride began to toss the bridal boutique to the unwed girls who were eligible for marriage.
http://www.wedalert.com/tale_tossing_of_the_garter/[^]
An Old English custom was while the bride and groom were in their bridal chamber, the wedding guests would sneak into the chamber picking up discarded stockings and throwing them at the couple. Whoever flung a stocking that hung on the bride or groom’s nose, would be the next to marry.
You have to wonder where else they got hung, and what fate befell the thrower...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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In Italy, the groom is attacked with scissors, his tie is cut up into strips, and the guests each buy a piece.
I'd wear at least three ties, and open a market stall.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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They could throw the gravestone and make sure it happens.
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Well, there's an old joke relating to that topic. It goes something like this:
On every wedding of a relative that I visited, my aunts came over, poked me in the cheek and said: You will be the next one.
They only stopped when I started doing the same to them on funerals.
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