| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 29, 2003, 17:43 |
Mark J. Reed scripsit:> So in the Emerald Isle, "ditch" still means "dike"?Yes. If you swerve off the road you will collide with (not fall into) the ditch. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com http://www.reutershealth.com http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Humpty Dump Dublin squeaks through his norse Humpty Dump Dublin hath a horrible vorse But for all his kinks English / And his irismanx brogues Humpty Dump Dublin's grandada of all rogues. --Cousin James