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Thread #99060   Message #1972215
Posted By: Gurney
19-Feb-07 - 02:12 AM
Thread Name: Origins: they're moving grandpa's grave
Subject: RE: Origins: they're moving grandpa's grave
The three versions I've heard seem to come from a recent common source, as they are so close. They all sound English to me, including the one Charley Noble mentions, and they all sound like the Music Hall.
Maybe they sound English because that is where I heard them, though.

Possibly researching terms like 'quitter'(which may be modern usage, it used to mean pus) and 'posh' would help.