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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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Squoze for squeezed?
There I was watching a chap being interviewed about problems in the British haulage industry, when he brought me up short with a very strange word.
"These container lorry businesses are really being squoze nowadays."
I can't find it in NSOED at all, but when I google it I find many examples. Most are meta-examples, in the sense that they are marvelling at the strangeness of the word just like I am now, rather than being natural in-the-wild usages. It seems to occur in all English-speaking countries.
I'm guessing that this might be most common in the Midlands the interview was conducted in Ashton-in-Makerfield.
Actually the chap used it twice, and the first time it seemed to represent "squeezes" rather than "squeezed".
Matti
"These container lorry businesses are really being squoze nowadays."
I can't find it in NSOED at all, but when I google it I find many examples. Most are meta-examples, in the sense that they are marvelling at the strangeness of the word just like I am now, rather than being natural in-the-wild usages. It seems to occur in all English-speaking countries.
I'm guessing that this might be most common in the Midlands the interview was conducted in Ashton-in-Makerfield.
Actually the chap used it twice, and the first time it seemed to represent "squeezes" rather than "squeezed".
Matti
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[nq:1]Subject: Squoze for squeezed? From: "Matti Lamprhey" There I was watching a chap being interviewed about problems in the British ... [/nq] That's near Wigan - the north, surely.
- [nq:1]Subject: Squoze for squeezed?
- From: "Matti Lamprhey" There I was watching a chap being interviewed about problems in the British ...
- [/nq] That's near Wigan - the north, surely.
- It just sounds like an illiteracy to me, though I suppose it could be a localism.
- If such a word existed, it should be "squozen", in my opinion, absurdly speaking.
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[nq:1]Subject: Squoze for squeezed? From: "Matti Lamprhey" There I was watching a chap being interviewed about problems in the British ... squoze nowadays." I'm guessing that this might be most common in the Midlands the interview was conducted in Ashton-in-Makerfield.[/nq]
That's near Wigan - the north, surely.
It just sounds like an illiteracy to me, though I suppose it could be a locali
That's near Wigan - the north, surely.
It just sounds like an illiteracy to me, though I suppose it could be a locali
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[nq:1]That's near Wigan - the north, surely.[/nq]
Er yes, of course you're right. The chap sounded more Midlands than Northwestern, though, so perhaps he was a transplant. (Was I thinking of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, perhaps?)
[nq:1]It just sounds like an illiteracy to me, though I suppose it could be a localism. If such a word existed, it should be "squozen", in my opinion, absurdly speaking.[/n
Er yes, of course you're right. The chap sounded more Midlands than Northwestern, though, so perhaps he was a transplant. (Was I thinking of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, perhaps?)
[nq:1]It just sounds like an illiteracy to me, though I suppose it could be a localism. If such a word existed, it should be "squozen", in my opinion, absurdly speaking.[/n
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[nq:2]Subject: Squoze for squeezed? From: "Matti Lamprhey" There I was ... in the Midlands the interview was conducted in Ashton-in-Makerfield.[/nq]
[nq:1]That's near Wigan - the north, surely.[/nq]
Yes, between St Helens and Salford. Not to be confused with the many other Ashtons around. It used to have a large open cast coal mine in the days when we still had mines
[nq:2]Subject: Squoze for squeezed? From: "Matti Lamprhey" There I was ... in the Midlands the interview was conducted in Ashton-in-Makerfield.[/nq]
[nq:1]That's near Wigan - the north, surely.[/nq]
Yes, between St Helens and Salford. Not to be confused with the many other Ashtons around. It used to have a large open cast coal mine in the days when we still had mines
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Here's the chap (30 secs, 280KB) saying it twice:
http://www.meticula.plus.com/Sounds/squoze.mp3
Matti
http://www.meticula.plus.com/Sounds/squoze.mp3
Matti
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[nq:2]Subject: Squoze for squeezed? From: "Matti Lamprhey" There I was ... in the Midlands the interview was conducted in Ashton-in-Makerfield.[/nq]
[nq:1]That's near Wigan - the north, surely. It just sounds like an illiteracy to me, though I suppose it could be a localism. If such a word existed, it should be "squozen", in my opinion, absurdly speaking. Peasemarch.[/nq]
I've heard it man
[nq:1]That's near Wigan - the north, surely. It just sounds like an illiteracy to me, though I suppose it could be a localism. If such a word existed, it should be "squozen", in my opinion, absurdly speaking. Peasemarch.[/nq]
I've heard it man
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[nq:1]OED knows it : " Squeeze - Also 7 squeez, squeaze, squease, squese, 7-8 squeese. Also with dial. preterite and ... quease v.1 Cf. also squize v.) Cites for 'squoze' both sides of the pond last century and the one before.[/nq]
It also turns up in The Columbia Guide to Standard American English :
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It also turns up in The Columbia Guide to Standard American English :
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[nq:1]There I was watching a chap being interviewed about problems in the British haulage industry, when he brought me up ... word just like I am now, rather than being natural in-the-wild usages. It seems to occur in all English-speaking countries.[/nq]
I would say "squozen" by analogy with "frozen" and "proven".
I also regard it as jocular, like "snuck".
But you repeat such a jo
I would say "squozen" by analogy with "frozen" and "proven".
I also regard it as jocular, like "snuck".
But you repeat such a jo
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[nq:2]There I was watching a chap being interviewed about problems ... in-the-wild usages. It seems to occur in all English-speaking countries.[/nq]
[nq:1]I would say "squozen" by analogy with "frozen" and "proven". I also regard it as jocular, like "snuck". But you repeat such a joke in your kids' hearing, and they grow up thinking it's normal usage, like casting nasturtiums.[/nq]
Is it m
[nq:1]I would say "squozen" by analogy with "frozen" and "proven". I also regard it as jocular, like "snuck". But you repeat such a joke in your kids' hearing, and they grow up thinking it's normal usage, like casting nasturtiums.[/nq]
Is it m
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(snip discussion of 'squoze')
[nq:1]Is it my increasingly faulty memory, or isn't it also a Winnie-the-Poohism? I associate it with Owl's falling house: "It ... his ears, and his nose, and such" In any case, our family have always used it in our private conversation.[/nq]
Maybe all that's in some Disney script, but it's not real Winnie-the-Pooh.
Milne did put "snew" and "friz" i
[nq:1]Is it my increasingly faulty memory, or isn't it also a Winnie-the-Poohism? I associate it with Owl's falling house: "It ... his ears, and his nose, and such" In any case, our family have always used it in our private conversation.[/nq]
Maybe all that's in some Disney script, but it's not real Winnie-the-Pooh.
Milne did put "snew" and "friz" i
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[nq:1](snip discussion of 'squoze')[/nq]
[nq:2]Is it my increasingly faulty memory, or isn't it also ... our family have always used it in our private conversation.[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe all that's in some Disney script, but it's not real Winnie-the-Pooh.[/nq]
Race you to the text!
Mike.
[nq:2]Is it my increasingly faulty memory, or isn't it also ... our family have always used it in our private conversation.[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe all that's in some Disney script, but it's not real Winnie-the-Pooh.[/nq]
Race you to the text!
Mike.
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