[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: More British Phrases...dictionary corner

[Neil Ward]

Benjamin wrote:

 (RE: Gander):

> I understood the use, but not the entymology (is that what I mean?)
> also I thought it was going out of fashion, as hadn't heard it used
> for a while.  I suspect Neil has a big dictionary, the cockney for
> look is 'butchers' though.  (Butcher's hook)

I think you mean etymology.  Actually, my dictionary isn't *that* big (it's
smaller than Goblet of Fire...oh, wait a minute, it's absolutely HUGE then),
but it is a really good encyclopedic dictionary, which tends to explain the
etymology of words in more detail.  I like reading it just for fun... such a
sad life I lead. <g>

Butchers I knew about, but it's amazing how many odd sounding slang words
turn our to be derived from Cockney rhyming slang.

Benjamin, are you, perchance, another of Simon's Oxford 'china plates'?

Neil

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