Sticking the kids in the seat

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I wonder whether "Sticking the kids in the seat" is proper English.

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[+3] - layman - 01/30/2018It's used by Americans fairly frequently. There is a tone of parental dominance about it that comes with it. It might be used more where the kid is acting up, and you're gunna get him settled...
[+3] - chai2 - 01/30/2018Not so much non native speaker, just very casual.

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Used instead of putting , placing, or seating the kids.

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@PUNKEY,

PUNKEY wrote:

Used instead of putting , placing, or seating the kids.

Yeah. "Sticking the kids in the seat" sounds to be spoken by non-native English speakers. But I am not sure.

Thank you.

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@oristarA,

It's used by Americans fairly frequently. There is a tone of parental dominance about it that comes with it. It might be used more where the kid is acting up, and you're gunna get him settled down, ya know?

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@oristarA,

Not so much non native speaker, just very casual.

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In British English, "sticking" is, as has been said, a normal, everyday and extremely casual way of saying "putting", "placing", "inserting", "installing", etc. My 1962 Austin Mini was a slow car until I stuck a 1275cc engine into it. Stick a record on the jukebox! It was raining so I stuck my hat on my head. Etc. For a laugh I stuck some curry powder in Granny's soup.

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@centrox,

I would use this phrase (as a Northeaster US speaker).

I am going to stick my daughter in the back seat.

In normal every day speech I would never use "place". I might use "put". But probably I would use "stick".

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@centrox,

centrox wrote:

In British English, "sticking" is, as has been said, a normal, everyday and extremely casual way of saying "putting", "placing", "inserting", "installing", etc. My 1962 Austin Mini was a slow car until I stuck a 1275cc engine into it. Stick a record on the jukebox! It was raining so I stuck my hat on my head. Etc. For a laugh I stuck some curry powder in Granny's soup.

Different phrase...
In most parts of the U.S. we would say "Put it away". In some parts we say "Put it up"

As in "You kids put those toys up, y'hear?"

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@centrox,

Granny's Birthday two thirty Kempton Park, stick a monkey on it. Monster, monster!

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@centrox,

centrox wrote:

In British English, "sticking" is, as has been said, a normal, everyday and extremely casual way of saying "putting", "placing", "inserting", "installing", etc. My 1962 Austin Mini was a slow car until I stuck a 1275cc engine into it. Stick a record on the jukebox! It was raining so I stuck my hat on my head. Etc. For a laugh I stuck some curry powder in Granny's soup.

Looks like a universal word. I would like to use it a lot.

chai2 wrote:

Different phrase...
In most parts of the U.S. we would say "Put it away". In some parts we say "Put it up"

As in "You kids put those toys up, y'hear?"

How to use "put it away" to produce the similar meaning of "sticking the kids in the seat of the basket"?

Putting the kids away in the seat...? Looks a bit unnatural to me.

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@oristarA,

You wouldn’t use it.

I said it was about a different phrase. Not about sticking something somewhere but about the action of putting something away/back where it belongs. Wasn’t about your original question, just making conversation as your question seemed to have been answered.

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@chai2,

Thank you.

BTW, is "y'hear" pronounced as /j hɪə/?

My guess is that y'hear stands for you hear. You hear is pronounced as /ju: hɪə/. So "y'hear" is pronounced as /j hɪə/.

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@izzythepush,

izzythepush wrote:

Granny's Birthday two thirty Kempton Park, stick a monkey on it. Monster, monster!

Would anyone like to explain whether "stick a monkey in it" is ungrammatical?

Izzy used "on" there: stick a monkey on it.

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@oristarA,

oristarA wrote:

Would anyone like to explain whether "stick a monkey in it" is ungrammatical?

It is not ungrammatical, but nobody says it. One sticks a monkey on a horse in a race.

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Note: a monkey is betting slang for five hundred pounds. To stick a monkey on a horse (or "gee-gee") is to bet that sum on it.

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@centrox,

And while we're at it.

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@centrox,

centrox wrote:

Note: a monkey is betting slang for five hundred pounds. To stick a monkey on a horse (or "gee-gee") is to bet that sum on it.

Thank you.

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@oristarA,

NO, in the context of what shes sying, shes making a comparison bout something she feels is a gross way of handling meats by the butcher delivery.
English is most often a toy to native speaking writers. Sometimes we choose words for their impact. "Sticking the kids in the seat of a shopping cart" (later to be filled by unwrapped meat for the table) sends a picture of contamination by having the germ-laden bodies of babies in contact with an unpackaged product that is sold to be " presumed clean". Did the butcher delivery disinfect the carts or at least wash em down??

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@farmerman,

Ive alwys said that oristar had best learn and recognize that American ENglish is mostly colloquial and often vulgar in daily use. It only becomes formal when people pay to hear you.
To learn the use of daily English I submit that she should spend time reading Sports writing .MOST of these US sports writers(IMHO) demonstrate well honed skills in language use for communication and most importantly, to maintain interest by the reader.

Alredy this morning I read a news report of last night's Super Bowl game as finally having "Stuck- it- to" Mr Brady

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