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Re: Rhyming slang & insults (RE: Dished Pistons)

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Subject: Re: Rhyming slang & insults (RE: Dished Pistons)
From: "Doug Mitchell" <dmitchel@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:20:46 -0500
When I lived in England, we used to refer to the locals
as blokes. My landlady always called us Yanks. She told
us the story about one tenant she had that she called a
Yank, and he got quite upset, telling her that he wasn't
a Yank rather he was a rebel as he was a southerner.

Cheers,

Doug


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Doug Mitchell
dmitchel@sbcglobal.net
1973 Triumph Spitfire 1500
1973 Triumph Stag





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