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Thread #94344   Message #1825013
Posted By: pdq
01-Sep-06 - 07:00 PM
Thread Name: welsh
Subject: RE: welsh
That is probably 'class action law suit".

In the US, I've always heard it as "Welch" as in "Welch on a bet". Welch is an Irish surname so the phrase can probably be traced to a person with that last name. Nothing to do with dissing people from Wales.