Gutter press and a wwftd

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Re: All things gutter #138655 02/09/05 09:21 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia B Bridget addict
Bridget addict B Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia	Not sure I can be definitive about it, but I think I have heard both gutter slut and street Arab. As for the goitre and gout coming via French (and as a Brit I stick to goitre!), this could be related to when the words came into English. We did have a Norman invasion and a lot of Latinate words came via French rather than directly because of that. Unfortunately my dictionary (Shorter OED) has no citations earlier than 1600's, so I can't back that suggestion up.

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Gutter press and a wwftd	dxb	02/03/05 12:35 PM
Re: Gutter press and a wwftd	plutarch	02/03/05 12:48 PM
Re: Gutter press and a wwftd	Jackie	02/03/05 05:13 PM
Re: Gutter press and a wwftd	Wordwind	02/05/05 08:06 PM
gardyloo!!	tsuwm	02/05/05 09:22 PM
Re: gardyloo!!	plutarch	02/05/05 09:33 PM
Gutter me a ball	musick	02/06/05 04:27 PM
Re: Gutter me a ball	plutarch	02/06/05 04:46 PM
Sleeping in the gutter	Father Steve	02/06/05 05:27 PM
Not to change the subject �	Faldage	02/06/05 09:55 PM
colporteur is a person who sells goods	TEd Remington	02/06/05 05:35 PM
Re: colporteur is a person who sells goods	tsuwm	02/06/05 06:08 PM
Re: colporteur is a person who sells goods	Wordwind	02/06/05 06:15 PM
Re: colporteur is a person who sells goods	TEd Remington	02/06/05 07:58 PM
Re: colporteur is a person who sells goods	Wordwind	02/06/05 11:13 PM
Re: Bad boy	AnnaStrophic	02/07/05 12:34 AM
Re: Bad boy	Wordwind	02/07/05 01:45 AM
Re: Bad boy	AnnaStrophic	02/07/05 12:40 PM
Re: Bad boy	Father Steve	02/07/05 03:09 AM
Re: Bad boy	tsuwm	02/07/05 04:04 AM
All things gutter	Sparteye	02/08/05 09:20 PM
Re: All things gutter	dxb	02/09/05 08:24 AM
Re: All things gutter	Bridget	02/09/05 09:21 PM

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