short strokes [was brass tacks]

[neil]

on 8/8/05 10:00 pm, Arnold M. Zwicky at zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU wrote:

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> On Aug 8, 2005, at 1:53 PM, Neil Crawford wrote:
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>> ... FWIW the UK synonym is 'vinegar strokes' ex rapid shaking of
>> the vinegar
>> bottle over the poke of [potato] chips.
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> i *think* you mean: Br. chips, Am. (French) fries.  Am. "potato
> chips" are Br. crisps.
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> arnold

Only trying to be *precise*. UK Chips, of course, are (?) American 'fries'.
American 'chips' would be UK 'potato crisps', I presume.

--Neil