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|    Aidan Kehoe to All    |
|    Re: Word of the day: =?utf-8?B?4oCcUGFwb    |
|    07 Sep 24 09:28:42    |
      XPost: alt.usage.english       From: kehoea@parhasard.net               Ar an séiú lá de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Snidely:               > [...] I have confirmed that two of my sprogs, now wrapping up their        > thirties, are not familiar with "papoose". For another thread, note that        > they are also not familiar with "a month of Sundays".              I suppose from your absence of clarification of where you are, that you’re in       the US? Though “sprog” is used more this side of the Atlantic.              --       ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /       How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’       (C. Moore)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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