[HPforGrownups] Re: English slang (semi- sorta on topic)

Kathryn Cawte kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk
Tue Sep 9 00:41:34 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 80230

 
Dawn
 
Speaking as a clueless Yank...why is the (regional?) name of an 
animal chase considered so rude?
 

Me (K)

There's no way I can fully answer that onlist :) But it's rhyming slang - as
in Berkshire Hunt is a phrase used to represent a much shorter and far more
impolite slang word for part of the anatomy ......

And if you *still* don't know then please e-mail me offlist and I'll explain


K
*giggling like mad over your post - but not in a mean way*




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