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Re: USAGE: Weird dialectal stuff

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 12, 2000, 0:53
Raymond Brown wrote:
> Almost certainly so - tho I suspect it is influenced by 'toss' as in > 'toss-pot' (a drunkard).
Ah! So THAT'S what that means! I heard it in a movie from Ireland, altho from the context I thought it was a swearword. -- 21 Watikala'f Wakabi'f watya'nivaf plal 272 http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor