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   From: gadekryds@lundhansen.dk   
      
   Aidan Kehoe wrote:   
      
   >  > [...] 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.   
      
   While Paul Juhl lived, he began writing in dk.kultur.sprog (sprog=   
   language), and in one of his first messages he wrote a little joke about   
   "sprog". He had to explain the word which I didn't know then. He learned   
   british English in school, but I doubt that he knew "sprog" then. He   
   spent his adult life (14+) in Canada.   
      
   --   
   Bertel   
   Kolt, Denmark   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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