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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Those parochial Brits!! #11868 12/06/00 01:47 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks, I think a better term would be yartstick. I had the feeling that 'Ian Dury and the Blockheads' and the band's classic Brit song "Hit me with your rhythm stick" had not crossed the Atlantic. Jo, as you can see, got the reference immediately. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused. [sad][apologetic][sackcloth and ashes emoticon] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Those parochial Brits!! #11869 12/06/00 03:58 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jo, as you can see, got the reference immediately. Well, no, actually, I couldn't see that. Gee, just what I needed today--another humiliation/letdown. But I still like yartstick. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Those parochial Brits!! #11870 12/06/00 04:17 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass yartstick >> yardstick >> meterstick? meterrod?? (now *that would be confusing!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Those parochial Brits!! #11871 12/06/00 04:23 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 >>metreschtick? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,871 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 461 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 23 Bill_L 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,886 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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