BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?
Peter A. McGraw
pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU
Tue May 3 17:08:51 UTC 2005
--On Tuesday, May 3, 2005 9:56 AM -0700 FRITZ JUENGLING
<juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US> wrote:
>> wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM 05/03/05 08:48AM >>
>
>> One might cf. "poppycock," app. < Dutch for "dried-up dung," now rare in
>> U.S.
> >spoken English but otherwise often thought of as old-frashioned,
> therefore stuffy, and >therefore virtually SE.
>
> "poppycock" rare in US spoken English? Poppycock!! Use it all the time.
> But then again, maybe I'm the last holdout? Fritz J
"Poppycock" was before my time, Fritz, so I guess you're just really,
really old. (Or were you referring to "Poppycock, The Candy"?)
Peter Mc.
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