BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue May 3 17:03:51 UTC 2005


>  > wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM 05/03/05 08:48AM >>
>
>>One might cf. "poppycock," app. < Dutch for "dried-up dung," now rare in U.S.
>  >spoken English but otherwise often thought of as old-frashioned,
>therefore stuffy, and >therefore virtually SE.
>
>"poppycock" rare in US spoken English?  Poppycock!! Use it all the
>time. But then again, maybe I'm the last holdout?
>Fritz J

Plus, isn't "papekak" soft dung/excrement rather than the dried-up
variety?  Any Dutch speakers on the list?

Larry



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