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olly #207900 11/02/12 03:51 PM
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Dunno for sure - but I would have thought it unlikely, really - maybe tsuwm can help here ........ ?


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I am familiar with larrikin : link
which seems to be the Aussie equivalent of hooligan.

I dunno about laikin - that sounds like a dog peeing on a bush!

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Unlovely Words

ganch
v. to impale upon hooks

glunch
v. a sullen look

thrunch
adj. much displeased

dretch
v. to trouble in sleep


----please, draw me a sheep----
olly #207949 11/08/12 05:25 AM
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Neat words, olls--thanks! Here, Meemaw is one of the several pet names for a grandmother.

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Miley Cyrus used it for her grandmother on the
Disney's Hanna Montana kids show.


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