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Martin Baxendale

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Re: Test your skill........
« Reply #75 on: February 06, 2008, 02:38:03 PM »
I just love "bidey-in". It's a great phrase. Much better than "live-in girlfriend or boyfriend". English English is really quite po-faced and uninventive compared to Scots English, which is just crammed with wonderful colloquial words and phrases. It's one of the reasons I've always been such a fan of Oor Wullie and The Broons.

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Anthony Darby

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Re: Test your skill........
« Reply #76 on: February 06, 2008, 02:52:04 PM »
I'm sure that Oor Wullie was originally named after Siamese twins living in Dundee? ::)
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