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#113605 10/14/03 09:00 AM
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[British (Cornish) dialect: fossick, troublesome person; fussick bustle
about, from fuss + -ick.]
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This week's theme: words originating in Australia.

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#113606 10/15/03 09:52 AM
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Is no one else puzzled about a word listed as being of Cornish origin showing up in a list of words originating in Australia?


#113607 10/15/03 12:03 PM
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Oh, yes, I'm puzzled, too. Maybe we should ask Jackie to write Anu and i(e)nquire?


#113608 10/15/03 01:16 PM
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Perhaps it is from persons of Cornish descent who were shipped to the penal colony of Australia. Maybe for stealing a hen.


#113609 10/15/03 01:25 PM
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shipped to the penal colony of Australia


And *they sprung it on an unsuspecting world, whereas the Cornish kept it hidden in the hen coop.


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Did Faldage just make chopped chicken liver out of Alex?


#113611 10/15/03 01:41 PM
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chopped chicken liver out of Alex

I don't think so. It was sposed to be just a follow up and continuation.


#113612 10/15/03 01:49 PM
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All righty then. Guess I was just being a bleating fussick bustle.


#113613 10/15/03 02:35 PM
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Well one can't complain about hidden liver being chopped. :)


#113614 10/15/03 03:00 PM
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What chopped? They stole the hen that the Cornish had kept hidden in the hen house. Follow up and continuation. What!? Now we can't even refer to something someone else has said without being accused of aggravated mantlery? Sheesh!!!


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