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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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