Name: English Tutor Nick P Noun Phrase (58) Funny Farm
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 58. The noun phrase today is

funny farm. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. A funny farm is a humorous way

Gerund

or a funny way of referring to a mental institution. The origin of the term comes

from the idea that funny can also have the meaning of strange or unusual. So the

word funny here was not originally meant to mean someone is laughing at

people with mental problems because I think sometimes people might take this

term the wrong way and think that. They  might actually even be offended by it. Instead

it came from the expression that someone is funny in the head. If you say someone

is funny in the head, it  means they're strange in their their thinking is

strange. Thus meaning their thinking is strange or unusual. All right,  and let's

take a look at a couple of examples here.  If you keep telling people that you have

seen aliens on several occasions they're going to put you in a funny farm. Yeah.

People might often say this if somebody you know keeps talking about stuff that

seems like crazy. That other people won't believe them. So if you keep talking that

way they are going to put you on a funny farm.  That's the way we might hear it used. Or

number two. He started roaming the streets naked. Yeah. He  just walking around

without any particular direction and talking gibberish. Meaning basically he's

saying a lot of words,  but it doesn't make any sense. When people talk a lot but you

don't , really can't understand what they're talking about.

It's gibberish.  They ended up taking him away to a funny farm. Yeah. This one is more

serious. This means he really did end up in a mental institution,  but sometimes

it's said that way. Anyway,  I hope you got it.  I hope it's clear . Thank you for your