Keep sproke

'Sprite and Coke go well together. Actually Coke goes well with any soft drink, but there's magic when Coke meets Sprite. We call it Sproke.'

'Middle Dutch sproke, sprooc ‘utterance’, ‘speech’, ‘story’.'


Those two and a misspelling of 'spoke' is all I could find, Mike.

lol .. Thanks Mr M.

After a little checking, I found this at http://www.galeries.nl/mnexpo.asp?exponr=6307

'Een sproke is een Middelnederlandse term voor een korte vertelling in verzen.'

Babelfish says a 'sproke' is;

'a short story in feathers', which fits what you

I never touch the stuff, Mike... unless there's a helluva lot of rum in there too.

Where did you get the 'keep sproke' reference, anyway-- from a student?

I was asked by a complete stranger visiting a small forum I maintain for my school.
Apparently it was part of an autograph given by the pop star Anastasia.
The visitor has since pointed out that there could have been an error interpreting the handwriting.
It may well have been 'keep stroke'.

Maybe a wild sproke chase, but not completely in vain. I will try the Sproke and

has this expression a particular meaning?

Hi Pieanne,

Yes, 'keep stroke' would have the the same meanings as those shown above, with the addition of 'don't lose your momentum'.

Cheers