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| From | Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.puzzles |
| Subject | Re: The phrase a CH over six foot likely refers to a "CH" being a shorthand for ... |
| Date | 2025-11-26 17:39 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> writes: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:45:42 +1100, Peter Moylan wrote: >> Another word for "a very small amount" is skosh, from the Japanese >> sukoshi. > > Interesting, I hadn't heard of "CH", nor "skosh". Growing up in the UK > (specifically north-west England), I think the equivalent term, for a > small distance, would be "a gnat's" - the shortened form of "a gnat's > cock" used for brevity. It seems a bit odd, as we would refer to any small > fly as a midge and seldom used the word gnat in any other context. Don't forget "as tight as a gnat's chuff". Phil -- We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization. -- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/
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