User talk:Gertie2u2

It was not nonsense, I was quite quite serious. Come Closer Dear turns was something my father teased my mother about, and when I was in high school, I lived in a town 1000 miles from where they were from and a boyfriend said the same thing to me after taking turn sharply such that I slide closer to him. Mind you, even by that time vinyl bench front seats were rare, so perhaps you are simply much too young to recall? My date got the term from his uncle, who was raised about 2000 miles from my parents and about 1000 miles from where I was raised, so that sounds to me like it was pretty wide spread, back in the day.

In addition to the reasons I already stated, I've talked to a group of older people in my office (late fifties and into their sixties) and they state while it was just a fun thing, it was definately something people did / said back in the fifties and sixties. Perhaps you are simply calling it nonsense because you are too young and never heard it? At this point I've confirmed it was used in at least 20 states across the US, and several parties say calling it a CCD turn originated with a movie in the fifties. Unfortunately, no one can recall the movie, though I can say I have heard the term CCD turn explained as "Come Closer Dear" turn somewhere on TV and I rarely watch anything but old movies on TV, so there has to be some truth to it. Just because it's funny and cute doesn't mean it is "nonsense". It really happened and I think wikipedia, being the people's dictionary, is the perfect place to record stories like that before everyone that remembers them disappears. You're pretty short sighted if you think you know all there is to know about all there is. Lots of terms, in fact many of the words in the English language, used to mean something else long before any of us living were born.

Nonsense
Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did with the Come Closer Dear article. It is considered vandalism. The article has been, or soon will be, deleted. ---Charles 17:44, 17 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Maybe the better term would be "unverified" rather than "nonsense." See Verifiability -- if you can cite to a reliable source that defines this phrase as in your article, I have no problem with you recreating the article.  Thanks, NawlinWiki 19:04, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry if the deletion seemed a bit hasty, but you will appreciate that every day we get thousands of hoaxes, joke articles and articles that just aren't suitable for an encyclopedia. They have to be deleted quickly to leave room for the genuine articles, and sometimes newcomers who aren't familiar with the conventions fall foul of this procedure. But don't panic. Articles can be restored. I've had another look at yours, and it seems to me that the problem is not just the unverified nature - okay, maybe it is a genuine saying - but also the fact that it's more of a definition of a phrase than a concept. If you feel you can improve it to the point where it becomes something suitable for an encyclopaedia, I'll help you get the text back. Deb 21:05, 27 October 2006 (UTC)