Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Jul 3rd 2015 | 12:36 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Charlie
Toot
Whizz
Gear
Toot
Whizz
Gear
Jul 3rd 2015 | 1:20 pm
#32
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Jul 3rd 2015 | 1:43 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Jul 3rd 2015 | 2:12 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
technically 10 out of 10
Jul 3rd 2015 | 2:56 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Jul 3rd 2015 | 3:12 pm
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Jul 3rd 2015 | 3:38 pm
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Jul 3rd 2015 | 3:42 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Someone asked me if I wanted a cheeky livener as they had some charlie, so we went and had a toot in the toilet, when we'd gone through that, I asked if they had any other gear and they said they had a little whizz left, so we did that too, I said, "thanks nan."
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Jul 3rd 2015 | 3:45 pm
#40
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Lairy!
Jul 3rd 2015 | 5:06 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Jul 3rd 2015 | 5:28 pm
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
"Lairy" was a common Australian word, in my distant youth there. I always thought it originated there, but maybe not. So many London words were transported to Oz with the speakers. To us, it meant "flash" as an adjective, and a lair was a flash-Harry. Is it the same with you?
Jul 3rd 2015 | 5:38 pm
#43
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From: Sarf Lundun to East Van :)
Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
"Lairy" was a common Australian word, in my distant youth there. I always thought it originated there, but maybe not. So many London words were transported to Oz with the speakers. To us, it meant "flash" as an adjective, and a lair was a flash-Harry. Is it the same with you?
Jul 5th 2015 | 12:39 am
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Jul 5th 2015 | 1:57 am
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Yes, that's more in line with the word I grew up with in Oz. I wonder if it (the word) began in the US or England. Or Canada, of course.
