The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #25338   Message #296435
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
13-Sep-00 - 11:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mangling the English Language, Vol. II
Subject: RE: BS: Mangling the English Language, Vol. II
That's "up sh*t crick", not "creek".

A mango is a tropical fruit, everywhere in the world except Indiana. In Indiana, a mango is likely to be a bell pepper.

In my first year at the University of Minnesota, one of my roommates was a guy who was on what I'll call probationary admission to the U. He was from far northern Minnesota, what we call "up on the range". He maintained with great heat that he'd been taught in high school to the progression of "bad" was "bad, worser, more worser". I am relieved to tell you that he wasn't around any more after the first quarter.

Dave Oesterreich