Well that's just not cricket

[Wyatt Earp]

Well that's just not cricket

Reed John wrote: In any event, the Southern institution of debutant balls now owns that word such that nobody here will ever want to use it for anything else.

Debutante balls.

[Wyatt Earp]

Well that's just not cricket

Reed John wrote: It's not so much an aversion to French as it is that French makes it sound grand and fancy...

See, no it doesn't.

[nmrfox]

Well that's just not cricket

Wyatt Earp wrote:

In any event, the Southern institution of debutant balls now owns that word such that nobody here will ever want to use it for anything else.

Debutante balls.

And the debutante ball got hit for 6 by Chris Gayle.

[Wyatt Earp]

Well that's just not cricket

Debutant ball.

[ursus arctos]

Well that's just not cricket

Though the concept of Chris Gayle at a debutante ball does bring a smile to my lips.

The lad would do some damage.

[Reed John]

Well that's just not cricket

Wyatt Earp wrote:

It's not so much an aversion to French as it is that French makes it sound grand and fancy...

See, no it doesn't.

It does when the first image that comes to mind are a bunch of rich girls in white dresses or a gala broadway premiere.

[Reed John]

Well that's just not cricket

Wyatt Earp wrote:

In any event, the Southern institution of debutant balls now owns that word such that nobody here will ever want to use it for anything else.

Debutante balls.

Shit. I fucked that up. I've made a hash of this.

[Benjm]

Well that's just not cricket

Rookie error, Reed.

Or should that be debutant(e) error?

[Reed John]

Well that's just not cricket

Neither. I've been doing this for a while.