Tommy Metz III

And now, words are fun, with all the feelings, sins, and virtues. And our contestant today is Uncle Pete. Pete, come on down! Yay! Okay, what am I doing? Pete, as you know, this is the show where we ask a question, and it doesn't really matter if you know the answer or not, because I did research that I want to share no matter what.

And now, words are fun, with all the feelings, sins, and virtues. And our contestant today is Uncle Pete. Pete, come on down! Yay! Okay, what am I doing? Pete, as you know, this is the show where we ask a question, and it doesn't really matter if you know the answer or not, because I did research that I want to share no matter what.

We don't know what you're talking about because I have a different character. All right, Pete, here we go. What does the phrase eat humble pie usually mean?

We don't know what you're talking about because I have a different character. All right, Pete, here we go. What does the phrase eat humble pie usually mean?

Right. It means to apologize for or take back something that you've said. Okay. Or done. Right. You eat humble pie. You're exactly right. Do you know where that phrase came from? Have you ever thought to think, where did that phrase come from? It's a UK phrase, mostly.

Right. It means to apologize for or take back something that you've said. Okay. Or done. Right. You eat humble pie. You're exactly right. Do you know where that phrase came from? Have you ever thought to think, where did that phrase come from? It's a UK phrase, mostly.

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Did I send you my notes by accident? That's crazy. This has been, no, that is not, that is not quite right. But you are right that it involves food. Would you like to know? Can I just go ahead and tell you real quick? Please tell me. In the 14th century, the numbles, N-U-M-B-L-E-S, was the name given to gross food.

Did I send you my notes by accident? That's crazy. This has been, no, that is not, that is not quite right. But you are right that it involves food. Would you like to know? Can I just go ahead and tell you real quick? Please tell me. In the 14th century, the numbles, N-U-M-B-L-E-S, was the name given to gross food.

For the most part, heart, liver, entrails of animals, especially of deer, what we would now call awful, O-F-F-A-L, not awful, but it was awful. It was considered a lower class food. By the 15th century, the term had changed to just umble. Instead of N-U-M-B-L-E, it was now U-M-B-L-E, dropping the N. How did this happen? Well, some word smarties think that pies might be the reason.

For the most part, heart, liver, entrails of animals, especially of deer, what we would now call awful, O-F-F-A-L, not awful, but it was awful. It was considered a lower class food. By the 15th century, the term had changed to just umble. Instead of N-U-M-B-L-E, it was now U-M-B-L-E, dropping the N. How did this happen? Well, some word smarties think that pies might be the reason.

At that time, pies were extremely popular and affordable to eat, and a lot of people didn't have money. And if you were to eat or serve a pie made of numbles, N-U-M-B-L-E, you would call it a numble pie. thus dropping the N in pronunciation. A numble pie. A numble pie. Exactly right.

At that time, pies were extremely popular and affordable to eat, and a lot of people didn't have money. And if you were to eat or serve a pie made of numbles, N-U-M-B-L-E, you would call it a numble pie. thus dropping the N in pronunciation. A numble pie. A numble pie. Exactly right.

And because humble and humble sound so alike, it was actually used as a pun of sorts in the UK by 1830, meaning to eat lower class food or to do something resulting from past regret was to eat humble pie. But then everyone forgot the gross stuff used to be called numbles or umbles in the first place. And so humble pie just became an idiom when no one remembered it was originally a punchline.

And because humble and humble sound so alike, it was actually used as a pun of sorts in the UK by 1830, meaning to eat lower class food or to do something resulting from past regret was to eat humble pie. But then everyone forgot the gross stuff used to be called numbles or umbles in the first place. And so humble pie just became an idiom when no one remembered it was originally a punchline.

So everyone's walking around just saying these words, not realizing that we used to be smart and it was like a play on words. And now we're just saying this stupid words together, humble pie, which doesn't make any sense. No, it doesn't mean anything.

So everyone's walking around just saying these words, not realizing that we used to be smart and it was like a play on words. And now we're just saying this stupid words together, humble pie, which doesn't make any sense. No, it doesn't mean anything.

Yeah, but it used to. Humble or numble. It was a numble pie. What is America's version? Here's your second question, Pete. Oh. What is America's version other than eating your words or humble pie? What do we say? It's not used very much at all. Oh, eat ass. So close. Show me eat ass. No, that's a different. That's family ass. No, the America's version is eat crow. To eat your own words.

Yeah, but it used to. Humble or numble. It was a numble pie. What is America's version? Here's your second question, Pete. Oh. What is America's version other than eating your words or humble pie? What do we say? It's not used very much at all. Oh, eat ass. So close. Show me eat ass. No, that's a different. That's family ass. No, the America's version is eat crow. To eat your own words.