Jobb  +  48161 Thu, 30 Sep 04 04:59 AM Does "all folks" mean "all down to earth"? Context: That's not all folks. If the consensus view of Wednesday's Bank of England policy minutes is anything to go by, Britain's central bank has turned even more dovish, U.K. interest rates have just about peaked and the pound has only one way to go - down. 'We expect sterling to lose 10% in trade-weighted terms,' predicted Hans Redeker, currency strategist with BNP Paribas in London. Jobb Joined on Sun, Jul 11 2004 Regular Member 812

	CalifJim  +  48163 Thu, 30 Sep 04 05:38 AM This may be an expression exclusive to British English. I can only tell you what it means to an American. Years ago, there used to be animated cartoons presented at the movies before the feature film was shown. At the end of some of these there was a cartoon character who said, in a very happy, silly voice, "That's all, folks!" (i.e., "This entertainment is finished, ladies and gentlemen!") This was always the signal that the cartoon was finished. If this is the reference, then "That's not all folks" (which should contain a comma, really), means "The course of action/event/entertainment is not yet finished, people!" We need to be careful not to jump to conclusions, though. The expression may mean something completely different in BrEng. CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,399 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche British English, Commas

	anon1  +  48180 Thu, 30 Sep 04 07:17 AM Jobb, CalifJim is correct, as per usual. If you read the comments in the text that follows, you get the impression that the UK economy is weak, hence the Central Bank is dovish and the rates have peaked. (High rates slow an economy; low rates encourage economic growth.) One way to help "recharge" an economy is to lower the country's currency. So, you could almost imagine the following scenario. This will happen and that will happen. Our economy is poor and we need to do this and we need to do that. That's not all folks. (as if to say, "and wait everyone, there's more...") If the consensus view of Wednesday's Bank of England policy minutes is anything to go by, Britain's central bank has turned even more dovish, U.K. interest rates have just about peaked and the pound has only one way to go - down. 'We expect sterling to lose 10% in trade-weighted terms,' predicted Hans Redeker, currency strategist with BNP Paribas in London. Hope that helps. MountainHiker anon1 Joined on Fri, Jul 2 2004 Senior Member 2,049

	Sofia101  +  48308 Thu, 30 Sep 04 04:15 PM Speaking of which... I understood "folks" as friends but can you use "folks" to refer to your parents ? ( I think that's American English) thanks Sofia101 Joined on Wed, Aug 18 2004 New Member 21 American English

	nona the brit  +  48319 Thu, 30 Sep 04 04:48 PM 'That's all folks' just means 'people' or 'group of people' to me, not particularly friends. It is a word I'm not sure is really British, I think we have adopted it from America. It is also quite common now, among younger people anyway, to refer to parents as folks in Britain. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	CalifJim  +  48331 Thu, 30 Sep 04 05:51 PM Considering that English is a Germanic language and German has "Volk" (as in "Volkswagen"), I suspect the British had the word long before the U.S. ever existed (although not necessarily with the additional meaning "parents")! CalifJim

	Wai_Wai  +  48396 Fri, 01 Oct 04 02:40 AM See: http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7808&sid=fd8ac304eac512cdf78bc1dbbfdafb31 that the person asked exactly the same question as here. Wai_Wai Joined on Mon, Sep 27 2004 Full Member 125 I am NOT a native English speaker. Correct me if I make any mistake. Any comment is perfectly welcome. One idea: I advocate acronyms used at a min because: - difficulty to...