Speaking of "gay," etc.

Benjamin J Barrett gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM
Wed Sep 22 19:36:04 UTC 2004


he he he!

I quite possibly could have heard it from transplants to Alaska or
Seattle as they were (and are) quite common. It doesn't strike me as
non-PNW, though. BB

-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Wilson Gray
>
> Dookie as in poop? I remember that meaning in the suburbs of Seattle
> in the 70s, or maybe it was Anchorage...
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Baking the World a Better Place (with the famous dog Pasco)
> www.hiroki.us
>

Yes, that's the very word. God verdoeme! as they say in Dutch. I can't
tell you how surprised I am! Well, this just goes to show you that you
never know.



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