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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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DEGREE
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00 I would like to know if DEGREE here refers to BREED: 02 br
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00 'What degree of a dog is that?' 02 br
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00 I would like to know if DEGREE here refers to BREED: 02 br
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0 Hello Jo 02 br
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00 I would take it to mean "what kind of dog is that?" 02 br
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00 I would take it to mean "what kind of dog is that?" 02 br
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0 Is that British? 02 br
01 i 00 What degree of dog is that? 02 i 00 would be very odd in the U.S. 0-
01 i 00 What degree of dog is that? 02 i 00 would be very odd in the U.S. 0-
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0 I've never heard it over here, GG! Sounds strange to me too. The only reference I can find is to Steinbeck's 01 i 00 Travels With Charley 02 i 00 : 02 br
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00 "A dog, particularly an exotic like Charley, is a bond between strangers. Many conversations en route began with 'What degree of a dog is that?'" 02 br
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00 "A dog, particularly an exotic like Charley, is a bond between strangers. Many conversations en route began with 'What degree of a dog is that?'" 02 br
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0 I wonder if 01 b 00 degree 02 b 00 is a corruption of " 01 b 00 pedigree 02 b 00 ?" 0-
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0 Good thought MH. Could very well be. But I've never heard it outside this forum, so it's either highly regionalized or simply no longer spoken. 0-
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