BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM
Tue May 3 19:04:28 UTC 2005


Yes.

JL

FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US> wrote:
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> 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

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