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Thread #132499   Message #4084728
Posted By: mayomick
23-Dec-20 - 02:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Nano
It used to be ‘back in two shakes of a nanny goats tail’ in Ireland that’s now been replaced by ‘ back in a nano –second’.
I heard ‘only a nano-step away’ two days ago