went walkabout

[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/24/2009 03:56 PM, Victor wrote:
>Nothing that I found online has served to remedy this. Unless someone
>tells me that this is also a slang term in PA, DC or SC, its appearance
>would remain "odd" to me.

Nonsense.  People read newspapers and books, go to movies, even watch
television, etc.

Joel

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