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   Dorothy J Heydt to mdhangton@gmail.com   
   Re: squirrelly   
   25 Aug 15 23:27:45   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   William Vetter   wrote:   
   >I think that this word has separate, almost conflicting meanings in US   
   >and UK.   
   >   
   >In UK it means jittery, restless, unpredictable.   
   >   
   >In US, especially rural US, it means cunning, a trickster, difficult to   
   >pin down.   
   >   
   >Is this so?   
      
   In my experience (73 years in the US, but mostly in the West) it   
   means crazy.   
      
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   Dorothy J. Heydt   
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