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   Jim Hetley to William Vetter   
   Re: squirrelly   
   26 Aug 15 04:49:18   
   
   From: jhetley@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 6:18:59 PM UTC-4, 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?   
      
   I've heard the first usage only, with an added implication of crazy.  As in,   
   nuts.   
      
   Jim   
      
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