Re: USAGE: Weird dialectal stuff
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 11, 2000, 1:13 |
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Raymond Brown wrote:
> Of course, 'tossicated' is the p.p. of 'to tossicate' = "to get someone
> drunk" :)
Interesting, I'll have to remember that one. Does "tossicate" come from
"intoxicate"
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