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[bubosquared]

Yo, somebody help me out, here. Is the expression "get their just deserts"? That sounds odd to me, but. Help? (Sometimes it's a bad thing to be self-taught.)

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[kitsune13.livejournal.com]

It's "just desserts."

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Still makes no sense to me, though. I mean, dessert? Huh?

[kitsune13.livejournal.com]

I think the idea is that dessert is, like, a reward. And so, "your just rewards."

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I always want to write "just deserves" as in getting what you deserve.

I should stop trying to make sense of language.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

There is *never* any point to trying to make sense of English. It's anglo-saxon with Norman French pasted on top of it and a load of vocab stolen from other languages, so it's not allowed to make sense in any way, shape or form, especially not gramatically.

Sounds right to me...

[partly-bouncy.livejournal.com]

:) I use that phrase occasionally, motly in relation to various people I work with and idiot brother.

Re: Sounds right to me...

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Thanks. ^_^ (And yeah, some of our subscribers really should be getting their just desserts soon. Like, before I have a nervous breakdown.)

[andrush.livejournal.com]

I've never heard that as such, but I've heard "get their just rewards". *shrug* Maybe it's just a Southern US thing, I don't know.

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I actually like that one better. :)

[andrush.livejournal.com]

*twirls you* Glad I could be of service. :D

[metempsychosis.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that in the UK it's 'just deserts' - prenounced like "dessert" but spelt like "desert". "Desert" means 'reward' or 'punishment', not just 'arid area'.

(http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/213400.html <-- see! proof!)

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Ack! I mean, thanks. :) I think I'll just go with "just rewards" or something, just to be safe. And because "just des(s)erts" does not fit into the sentence anyway.

[some-stars.livejournal.com]

Hmm. WEll, just to warn you, I've never heard anybody say "just rewards" and it sounds very odd to me. But then I've lived my whole life in Texas and NYC, so clearly I am not the person to eb advising on UK talk.