Re: CHAT: thingummy (was Re: concepts of Babel text)

Dane Jones wrote:
>
>I use /kS@:/, a very abbreviated version of "que sais-je".
>
>FWIW, the Warwickshire pronunciation of "thingummy" is /'TINmi:/, often
>written "thingmy", also used to refer to a telly remote.
>
>For a person whose name you can't remember, we say "wotsisface",
>/w@tsiz'feis/.
Hehe. I heard myself say "Och då sa vad heter han till vad heter hon ...",
which for the benefit of you English speaking people translates as "And then
what is his name said to what is her name ...". I'm very comprehensible,
sometimes.

                                            Andreas
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