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From David Aaronovitch in the Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,1116839,00.html
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I note OED has 'toddy' from Hindi 'tari' > from 'tar' - palm tree.
We had a brief discussion recently about international cricketers and Lancashire - I recollect Farokh Engineer was one of these.
John Dean
Oxford
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,1116839,00.html
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I note OED has 'toddy' from Hindi 'tari' > from 'tar' - palm tree.
We had a brief discussion recently about international cricketers and Lancashire - I recollect Farokh Engineer was one of these.
John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:1]I note OED has 'toddy' from Hindi 'tari' AUE admits only cerebral rs. Boneheaded rs get killfiled. Mike.
- [nq:1]I note OED has 'toddy' from Hindi 'tari' AUE admits only cerebral rs.
- Boneheaded rs get killfiled.
- Mike.
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[nq:1]I note OED has 'toddy' from Hindi 'tari' << (with cerebral r,[/nq]
AUE admits only cerebral rs. Boneheaded rs get killfiled.
Mike.
AUE admits only cerebral rs. Boneheaded rs get killfiled.
Mike.
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[nq:2]I note OED has 'toddy' from Hindi 'tari' << (with cerebral r,[/nq]
[nq:1] AUE admits only cerebral rs. Boneheaded rs get killfiled.[/nq]
You're a man who knows his rs from his lbow, so you're OK.
John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:1] AUE admits only cerebral rs. Boneheaded rs get killfiled.[/nq]
You're a man who knows his rs from his lbow, so you're OK.
John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:2] AUE admits only cerebral rs. Boneheaded rs get killfiled.[/nq]
[nq:1]You're a man who knows his rs from his lbow, so you're OK.[/nq]
And, likewise, you know a burro from a burrow.
Mike.
[nq:1]You're a man who knows his rs from his lbow, so you're OK.[/nq]
And, likewise, you know a burro from a burrow.
Mike.
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[nq:2]You're a man who knows his rs from his lbow, so you're OK.[/nq]
[nq:1]And, likewise, you know a burro from a burrow.[/nq]
I am now eagerly awaiting a treatise on mule fur...
Laura
(emulate St. George for email)
[nq:1]And, likewise, you know a burro from a burrow.[/nq]
I am now eagerly awaiting a treatise on mule fur...
Laura
(emulate St. George for email)
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[nq:2]I note OED has 'toddy' from Hindi 'tari' << (with cerebral r,[/nq]
[nq:1] AUE admits only cerebral rs. Boneheaded rs get killfiled.[/nq]
As a reader of Google Groups, I assure you that AUE admits the killfiled.
Jerry Friedman
[nq:1] AUE admits only cerebral rs. Boneheaded rs get killfiled.[/nq]
As a reader of Google Groups, I assure you that AUE admits the killfiled.
Jerry Friedman
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[nq:2]And, likewise, you know a burro from a burrow.[/nq]
[nq:1]I am now eagerly awaiting a treatise on mule fur...[/nq]
What's a mule fur?
(I thought I'd just plow ahead with this before someone else made an *** of themselves)
[nq:1]I am now eagerly awaiting a treatise on mule fur...[/nq]
What's a mule fur?
(I thought I'd just plow ahead with this before someone else made an *** of themselves)
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[nq:2]I am now eagerly awaiting a treatise on mule fur...[/nq]
[nq:1]What's a mule fur?[/nq]
Oh, about sixteen miles.
-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom
[nq:1]What's a mule fur?[/nq]
Oh, about sixteen miles.
-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom
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