[Lowlands-l] LL-L "Phonology" 2014.01.30 (01) [EN-NL]

[Lowlands Languages & Cultures]

My tongue was in my cheek. 27 years in USAF and Army. I have heard the word long sgo but not in many years. Karl


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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Lowlands Languages & Cultures <lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org> </div><div>Date:01/22/2015  05:03  (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: Lowlands Languages & Cultures <lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: [Lowlands-l] LL-L "Phonology" 2014.01.30 (01) [EN-NL] </div><div>
</div>On 22/01/2015 4:01 AM, Lowlands Languages & Cultures wrote:
No it is short  for "a spoon of Tang" in southern. Breakfast drink. What else could it be??😆

From French "putain."  Word first appears 1910, but probably gained currency during WWI.

Ed Alexander


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