[Lowlands-l] LL-L "Phonology" 2014.01.30 (01) [EN-NL]

Thu Jan 22 11:03:04 UTC 2015

On 22/01/2015 4:01 AM, Lowlands Languages & Cultures wrote:
> No it is short  for "a spoon of Tang" in southern. Breakfast drink. 
> What else could it be??😆

 From French "putain."  Word first appears 1910, but probably gained 
currency during WWI.

Ed Alexander

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