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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 10 of 10 1 2 … 8 9 10 Re: Oh all right, then #8245 10/26/00 11:38 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia M Marty enthusiast Marty enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia I have just realised that an English expression for left-handers, which I will render as 'cacky-whiffy', is a phrase I have never seen on paper. Can someone elucidate? mav, This appears to be an even more derogatory insult than the "cack-handed" whence it apparently sprang. "Cack" is British/Australian slang for rubbish or excrement (I certainly have heard and used the term "bird cack" in my time) and "cack-handed" is slang for awkward, and thence, apparently left-handed (cf similar usage of French word for left "gauche" for awkward). See http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/c.htm cack-handed also rated a mention in one of our threads here from July: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=3028 "whiffy" is cited at the same slang site as meaning "smelling unpleasant". I'm sure you get the drift. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Part 2 - Carrom #8246 10/27/00 12:32 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York >>underemployed >Potential awadeers then! Ain't it the truth, Jo.... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oh all right, then #8247 10/27/00 08:44 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland and has it advanced the tide of human wit or imagination It may sound fatalistic, but this tide advances all by itself! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oh all right, then #8248 10/27/00 11:55 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 get the drift Thanks for that, Marty; it's a handy link (I've stored in my YCLIU list on a Word file for future reference). As for the drift, well I learnt to be relaxed about that soon after getting rapped across my 6-year old knuckles by a teacher screaming: "Ambidextrous?!? You can't even spell it!!" So instead of writing equally badly with two paws, I concentrated on blotting my copy book with just one Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Part 2 - Carrom #8249 03/11/03 01:01 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I just found this old thread, and brought it back up because 1.) it touches on several things we've discussed recently, and 2.) it's so much fun to read! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Part 2 - Carrom #8250 03/17/03 12:02 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Huh! I got quite excited initially seeing so many names to posts who haven't been around for dunnamany months. Then I looked at the dates on the posts. Jackie, good thread, but hey, look out for my heart why doncha? - Pfranz Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Part 2 - Carrom #8251 03/18/03 02:56 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I try, Sweet One! :-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 10 of 10 1 2 … 8 9 10 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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