The One Off Meltdown

[Herlock Sholmes]

I can’t help it if the Victorians don’t make sense.

Today we qualify it and say “That was quite a moment”.

Try telling someone that was a moment and you might get “the look”.

So what’s the necessity of saying the one occasion is “one of”. Just say it was “a” moment. We already know it’s one event. I know the answer.

All you're doing here Lombro, is confusing two different definitions of the word "moment". One means "a brief period of time", the other means "importance".

Say what you like about the Victorians but they were capable of speaking and understanding English.

[Lombro2]

“One of moment” is a Victorian turn of phrase that became an expression still used today.

30 examples to be found on Google books from the 19th Century. 30 for something normal and positive.

”One off (blank)” is another expression. But it’s used as a negative more than a positive.

So how many examples would you think to find if it was a coinable phrase in Victorian England with the automatic personal usage in the negative connotation, and the word “off” in it, when there are so many more genteel words you can use?

[Herlock Sholmes]

“One of moment” is a Victorian turn of phrase that became an expression still used today.

30 examples to be found on Google books from the 19th Century. 30 for something normal and positive.

”One off (blank)” is another expression. But it’s used as a negative more than a positive.

So how many examples would you think to find if it was a coinable phrase in Victorian England with the automatic personal usage in the negative connotation, and the word “off” in it, when there are so many more genteel words you can use?

Lombro, in no way is "one of moment" an expression but, more than that, I literally have no idea what it's got to do with the diary.

I also have no idea why you are categorising things as "negative" and "positive", what criteria you are using to do this or, again, what any of it has to do with the diary.

I'm sadly unable to answer the question in your final paragraph because it doesn't appear to be written in a language I understand or recognize.

[Lombro2]

Don't have another meltdown.

This is why I should teach English and you should go back to teaching French verb conjugation.

[Lombro2]

Capisce now? Everything started in the 60s. Orsam knows!