Dreckly

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/18/2014 03:25 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>Around NYC and a few other parts, I imagine, it would mean something
>entirely different ;-)

John Baker originally wrote:
>I just came across the word "dreckly," described as a Cornish
>dialect word.  Although it is a variant pronunciation of "directly,"
>it lacks that word's sense of immediacy, but instead means "in a
>while" or "when I get around to it."  It's been (somewhat unfairly)
>described as "manana without all the rushing about."

"Dreckly" -- "the trashy 'direct':  not 'immediately', but 'when I
get around to it'."

Joel

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