Re: FW: London Times Article
From: devans@u...
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:46:49 -0600
Subject: Re: FW: London Times Article
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"Wonky" is a perfectly acceptable word, meaning bent, distorted or not
straight (in the geometric sense rather than the sexual-preference
one...)!
What does it mean to you (ex) colonials, anyway? ;-)
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Absolutely nothing outside of a bit of colo(u)rful British argot. My
shock
was seeing what I thought was, well, a vulgar term, in the commonality
sense, not the sexual-preference one.
Ex-colonials have always heard the Times was rather staid. Sort of like
BBC
English including 'wonky', which I've never heard.
The_Beast
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