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Re: CHAT: Education words in various English dialects //was"Mister"

From:Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...>
Date:Thursday, November 9, 2000, 5:21
On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 04:40:10PM -0400, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 12:59:39PM -0400, John Cowan wrote: > > "H. S. Teoh" wrote: > > > > > You can shed hair, and some animals shed their skin; however, you can also > > > store the lawn-mower in the shed. > > > > Sure. But where's the specifically Australian issue? > [snip] > > *embarrassed look* I suppose this is what I get for jumping into a > conversation without knowing what's going on :-P
I for one have never heard <shed> used that way. -- Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo