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poliphiloArising out of last night's episode of The Village.
We said "OK" in the 1950s but were aware of it as an Americanism (which was what made it so cool) and were frowned at when we used it. Would a Derbyshire hill farmer in 1916 (who hadn't seen a talkie or watched I Love Lucy or even ever met an American ) have had it in his vocabulary? I rather think not.
We said "OK" in the 1950s but were aware of it as an Americanism (which was what made it so cool) and were frowned at when we used it. Would a Derbyshire hill farmer in 1916 (who hadn't seen a talkie or watched I Love Lucy or even ever met an American ) have had it in his vocabulary? I rather think not.
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Date: 2013-04-16 08:52 am (UTC)Lakota? West African? You pays yer money and yer takes your choice.
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Date: 2013-04-17 07:49 am (UTC)I've wondered if 'all kif' is Rom, but can find no evidence for same.
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Date: 2013-04-17 08:23 am (UTC)