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Thread #42081   Message #611737
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
17-Dec-01 - 02:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: Euphemisms and asterisks
Subject: RE: BS: Euphemisms and asterisks
Thanks, Bert. I even looked up Chalfonts in the OED- I was familiar with it as a surname, but of course, as Mousethief says, we miss these rhymes because we don't have the places, people or words of reference over here (e. g. farmer Jones here (that may be local).
With all the digital channels on TV now, we get a BBC made for Canada channel. I have tried to watch the Eastenders, but I can't understand their lingo. Last of the Midsummer Wine I like, however.
By the way, instead of p***s, hemmohroids is the term gaining currency here, even though I can't spell it without a dictionary.