What a lovely tribute! My family doesn’t use the phrase much, but we got a kick out of Survivor’s spoof of their song “Eye of the Tiger” in this Starbuck’s commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14qeu7JRwt0
My brother’s name is Glen, so if we want to get his attention, we can always sing, “Glen! Glen Glen Glen!” And his best friend was Roy, the name of the person addressed at the end of the commercial.
Thanks for the smile!
Thanks for the comment Joanne. Now wishing I had a friend or relative called Glen to sing that to
Thanks for the smile!
Luke 🙂
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What a lovely tribute! My family doesn’t use the phrase much, but we got a kick out of Survivor’s spoof of their song “Eye of the Tiger” in this Starbuck’s commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14qeu7JRwt0
My brother’s name is Glen, so if we want to get his attention, we can always sing, “Glen! Glen Glen Glen!” And his best friend was Roy, the name of the person addressed at the end of the commercial.
Thanks for the smile!
Thanks for the comment Joanne. Now wishing I had a friend or relative called Glen to sing that to
Thanks for the smile!
Luke 🙂
[…] Macmillan Dictionary blog, Luke Vyner told the story behind the phrase, eye of the tiger, and Stan Carey explored LOL slash grammar. At Merriam-Webster’s blog, Emily Brewster also looked […]