perdiddle/padaddle

[Lynne Murphy]

Actually, all this p[]diddle talk has suddenly made me remember...
we had a variation of our 'perdiddle' that was 'perdiddle/padaddle'.  You
said 'perdiddle' if the headlight was out, but 'padaddle' if one of the
rear lights was out.  I think you still hit or kissed in any case.  Google
search has nothing for 'padaddle'.  I'll check with folks from my childhood
and see if I can get any confirmation.

Lynne

Dr M Lynne Murphy
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Acting Director, MA in Applied Linguistics
School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
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