Eric..........What the heck is a septic? Some kind of Oz rhyming slang for
American? (Septic tank = Yank?)
And, since so many Oz forefathers were Cockney, let's not be too disparaging
..............:-)
Lawrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: rhyming slang -was Norristown - oops bust!
>miker15@juno.com wrote:
>>
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>> Three out of four - not bad Lawrie - Taters comes from "Tater mould"
>> (cold)
>> referring to the blight that almost all "taters" had in the 19th century.
>> By the way, you missed "jamjar"......
>> Now - im off to the gladstone after me michael winner to sort the jamjar
>> - pity theres no current bun - i'll av to use a garden porch.....
>>
>
>Oh no, I thought you guys were septics not cockney!
>
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>Eric
>'68MGB MkII
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