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My friend was trying to understand a very rude old poem and wanyed to know what a 'nard in the fire' was and it was in this dictionary. Can't remember if I've spelt it correctly.
Quote from: Make it Lady on 03/04/2008 22:56:32My friend was trying to understand a very rude old poem and wanyed to know what a 'nard in the fire' was and it was in this dictionary. Can't remember if I've spelt it correctly.This is one of the pleasures of the OXFORD UNAB. - All the dirty words and phrases since just after Chaucer - and some of the others from that era - are all included. My, my, my, were some poets rather crude- And Doctor Johnson - for shame, sir, for shame!
JimBob the brook! Yes it was Johnson, well spotted.
Please ring them up and tell them you know a Beaver in Oxfordshire that needs servicing.
Quote from: JimBob on 04/04/2008 18:15:05Please ring them up and tell them you know a Beaver in Oxfordshire that needs servicing. Do you realise what this means in the UK??
Quote from: Make it Lady on 04/04/2008 18:21:37Quote from: JimBob on 04/04/2008 18:15:05Please ring them up and tell them you know a Beaver in Oxfordshire that needs servicing. Do you realise what this means in the UK??Probably the same thing it means here! My husband has a beaver t-shirt that is just wrong. He's not allowed to wear it out in public with me.
Not really - in order to make the felt, the beaver hair is scraped off the skin and is pounded by machines for hours to make it smooth. For a T-shirt, you just need to rip off the beaver's skin and let it bleed to death. Unless you kill it first, which is just a waste of ammunition. Why go to all that trouble for a water rat?