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   From: gadekryds@lundhansen.dk   
      
   Hibou wrote:   
      
   > Bangers, or more arcanely 'snorkers'.   
   >   
   > "Snorkers is a British English colloquialism for sausages. It may have a   
   > Royal Navy slang origin. The term is probably derived from an earlier   
   > dialect term for a young pig: Wright's 19th-century English Dialect   
   > Dictionary notes snorker as a widespread word for a piglet, related to   
   > the word snork, to grunt or snore" -   
   >    
      
   The Danish word for "snore" is "snorke".   
      
   --   
   Bertel   
   Kolt, Denmark   
      
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