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Thread #126564   Message #2814828
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
18-Jan-10 - 07:18 AM
Thread Name: BS: Fish & Chips - 150 years old today
Subject: RE: BS: Fish & Chips - 150 years old today
I was looking up Menorca and went off on a complete tangent when I fould this amazing comment in Wikipedia -

Menorquí also has a few English loan words dating back to the British occupation such as "grevi", "xumaquer", "boinder" and "xoc" taken from "gravy", "shoemaker", "bow window" and "chalk", respectively.

I wonder if they sing 'My Johnny was a xumaquer' in the cave?

:D (eG)