gillygalou bird
Mark A. Mandel
Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM
Tue Jul 3 15:01:17 UTC 2001
This item apparently comes from Canadian French, but it was observed in
Canadian English. Does anyone recognize it or have an idea about it? A
correspondent asks:
>>>>>
My paternal grandfather was all French-Canadian
[...], and my father's standing April Fool joke came
from him. It was (caution, semi-phonetic spelling of
word(s) no French speaker I've ever asked has recognized):
"Look, look!! There's a gillygalou bird!"
Ever seen/heard that before?
<<<<<
-- Mark
Mark A. Mandel : Dragon Systems, a Lernout & Hauspie company
Mark_Mandel at dragonsys.com : Senior Linguist
320 Nevada St., Newton, MA 02460, USA : http://www.dragonsys.com
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