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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 58. The noun phrase today is
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funny farm. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. A funny farm is a humorous way
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or a funny way of referring to a mental institution. The origin of the term comes
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from the idea that funny can also have the meaning of strange or unusual. So the
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word funny here was not originally meant to mean someone is laughing at
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people with mental problems because I think sometimes people might take this
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term the wrong way and think that. They might actually even be offended by it. Instead
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it came from the expression that someone is funny in the head. If you say someone
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is funny in the head, it means they're strange in their their thinking is
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strange. Thus meaning their thinking is strange or unusual. All right, and let's
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take a look at a couple of examples here. If you keep telling people that you have
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seen aliens on several occasions they're going to put you in a funny farm. Yeah.
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People might often say this if somebody you know keeps talking about stuff that
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seems like crazy. That other people won't believe them. So if you keep talking that
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way they are going to put you on a funny farm. That's the way we might hear it used. Or
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number two. He started roaming the streets naked. Yeah. He just walking around
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without any particular direction and talking gibberish. Meaning basically he's
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saying a lot of words, but it doesn't make any sense. When people talk a lot but you
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don't , really can't understand what they're talking about.
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It's gibberish. They ended up taking him away to a funny farm. Yeah. This one is more
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serious. This means he really did end up in a mental institution, but sometimes
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it's said that way. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it's clear . Thank you for your
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time. Bye-bye.