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1. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 07:14:51 -0800; expert on current English usage. Can you, therefore, please help this poor old Brit (who left the UK in 1964) understand the meaning of "Naff"? I've seen and heard it several times but have never be; /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00110.html (9,487 bytes)
2. RE: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1): Author: scott beavis <scottbeavis@mobrey.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 15:29:59 -0000; Well...I do live near London. "Not my problem guv" 1964) Naff = Tacky....er...oh 'spose you need that explained too. <reaches for dictionary> Naff = Unfashionable, rubbishy We use the word naff when; /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00113.html (9,752 bytes)
3. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 07:48:36 -0800; Superb! Witty, clear and (relatively) concise. Tacky was in circulation when I was "but a lad", so that needed no further elaboration. And, as one who has always believed that a dog, to be considered; /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00115.html (11,224 bytes)
4. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 14:34:06 -0500; Tacky is a word over here in the colonies, Naff, however, is not something I've ever heard in the US. At least in my part of the states (Ohio) you need to break that one down. There's three ways to p; /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00119.html (9,366 bytes)
5. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1): Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 19:32:25 -0000; Also used in telling someone to "Naff off" by the likes of Ronnie Barker and Princess Anne. 1964) that........... untrusted over; /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00121.html (10,314 bytes)
6. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1): Author: Editorgary@aol.com; Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 16:46:57 EST; << Also used in telling someone to "Naff off" by the likes of Ronnie Barker and Princess Anne. >> One needs to be a little careful using someone else's slang. Thought you all might enjoy chapter and; /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00127.html (8,824 bytes)
7. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 17:56:19 -0600; I loooove it! Youse guys are lots of fun. Now, does the word "youse" appear in you dictionary? CR; /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00130.html (7,846 bytes)
8. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1): Author: "Paul Nelson(artworks@bigfoot.com)" <ya632@victoria.tc.ca>; Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 16:06:17 -0800; Not since Ebbets Field! (Was that Dodgy or Dodgery?) PN; /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00132.html (8,104 bytes)
9. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 18:31:08 -0600; I was exposed to the word in the Windy City. They use it as a plual for "you." It's like "you all" contracted to "y'all" here in the south. I looove the variations in our language.; /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00134.html (8,297 bytes)
10. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 17:38:38 -0800 (PST); Dan sez - Here in New Joisey it's more like 'yuz' than 'youse'.... Like, 'Yuz got some nice nail art taday, Candi, and your hair is SOOOOO big!' == Dan DiBiase Dayton, NJ 76 MGB Tourer Driver - Brook; /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00137.html (8,420 bytes)
11. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1): Author: "Paul F. Nelson" <ya632@victoria.tc.ca>; Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 18:10:03 -0800 (PST); Gee, and I thought the usage was restricted to Brooklyn all this time.; /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00140.html (8,548 bytes)
12. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>; Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 10:24:12 -0500 (EST); Common on now...down here in the South (of New Jersey), I hear all kinds of Philly slang that I don't even understand. Actually, I don't understand the naleart and the explosive hair for real. Where; /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00157.html (9,407 bytes)

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