-ery (was: cutlery)

Victor Steinbok aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM
Wed Sep 9 16:05:36 UTC 2009


pterodactyl-ery?

Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Like pterodactyls but worse. A Kodak moment.
>
> JL
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Mark Mandel <Mark.A.Mandel at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>> Introduce them to double-dactyls.
>>
>> m a m
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "Jiggery-pokery" is now part of my boys' vocabulary thanks to (the
>>> new) Dr. Who.
>>>
>>> ---Amy West
>>>
>>>

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