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spalen Nov 4th 2005 12:05 pm

furphy ? eh?
 
In the news today :

SINGAPORE'S decision to execute an Australian drug trafficker is part of a death penalty "furphy", a leading criminologist said today.

What the hell is a furphy? I was in an office the other day and the guy had an Oxford English Dictionary : AUSTRALIAN English version ! can you believe. I had to check to see if 'snags' was in there and sure enough it was decsribed as
" As. Sl. Sausage."
(Australian : Slang : Sausage ). ;-)

scissors Nov 4th 2005 12:07 pm

Re: furphy ? eh?
 
death by sausage :confused: :confused: :confused: :eek:

Originally Posted by spalen
In the news today :

SINGAPORE'S decision to execute an Australian drug trafficker is part of a death penalty "furphy", a leading criminologist said today.

What the hell is a furphy? I was in an office the other day and the guy had an Oxford English Dictionary : AUSTRALIAN English version ! can you believe. I had to check to see if 'snags' was in there and sure enough it was decsribed as
" As. Sl. Sausage."
(Australian : Slang : Sausage ). ;-)


seang Nov 4th 2005 12:09 pm

Re: furphy ? eh?
 
define : furphy :wild rumour; tall story; false report


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