Grammar: the difference between helping your Uncle Jack of a horse and helping your

[GeneD]

Grammar: the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

I can't see the difference. Is there any difference in meaning between the two statements?

 

[jutfrank]

Absolutely there's a difference—a big difference! That's the whole point.

 

[GeneD]

Well, I've got it. It's some dirty joke I don't clearly understand because of my poor English. I've got intrigued, I must confess, and looked up 'jack off' as a phrasal verb in the dictionary and found the meaning 'masturbate'. Is this the meaning?

 

[jutfrank]

Is this the meaning?

Yes.

 

[Rover_KE]

The clue was in the lack of capital letters for the second 'uncle jack'.