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Re: Word usage in English dialects // was Slang, curses and vulgarities

From:Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 17:37
--- Tristan McLeay <conlang@...>
wrote:

> On 2 Feb 2005, at 6.26 pm, Adrian Morgan (aka > Flesh-eating Dragon) > wrote: > > A few people say "chook" for all purposes, > including references to > > food. My cousin, for one.
That's what I love about this group. I'm always hearing odd and obscure words I've never heard before. First it was that champion mushroom thingie and now it's "chook". Where has that word been hiding all my 60 years? I've never heard it before. --gary

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Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...>