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Thread #49230   Message #754631
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
25-Jul-02 - 06:35 PM
Thread Name: BS: American vs British slang
Subject: RE: BS: American vs British slang
Talking about slang - sometimes you aren't sure whether a particular expression is general, or local or just family.

And the particular one I'm thinking of is "honky-tonk" meaning bed (as opposed to bar in America or cheap wine in Australia). "It's time I went to my honky-tonk". Anybody care to elucidate.