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| From | Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.lang, alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: Sprog |
| Date | 2024-09-08 12:45 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vbk2pa$1tk9d$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <mn.fb6b7e884ac96d95.127094@snitoo> <mn.34ad7e897dabb63f.127094@snitoo> <87a5gjlvet.fsf@parhasard.net> <vbh6ba$1ai5j$1@dont-email.me> <897qdjh8dvjbkbv7sllgbt3l01njvfqh3n@4ax.com> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 08/09/2024 at 04:44, Steve Hayes wrote: > On Sat, 7 Sep 2024 11:28:10 +0200, Bertel Lund Hansen > <gadekryds@lundhansen.dk> wrote: > >> Aidan Kehoe wrote: >> >>> > [...] I have confirmed that two of my sprogs, now wrapping up their >>> > thirties, are not familiar with "papoose". For another thread, note that >>> > they are also not familiar with "a month of Sundays". >>> >>> I suppose from your absence of clarification of where you are, that you’re in >>> the US? Though “sprog” is used more this side of the Atlantic. >> >> While Paul Juhl lived, he began writing in dk.kultur.sprog (sprog= >> language), and in one of his first messages he wrote a little joke about >> "sprog". He had to explain the word which I didn't know then. He learned >> british English in school, but I doubt that he knew "sprog" then. He >> spent his adult life (14+) in Canada. > > At the University of Natal in the 1960s new mail students were called > sprogs, and new female students were called sprigs. What were the male students called? > > I vaguely recall that "sprog" was also used to refer to a kind of > sailing vessel. > > -- Chris Elvidge, England I WILL NOT INSTIGATE REVOLUTION
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Word of the day: “Papoose” Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2024-08-31 19:54 +0100
Re: Word of the day: “Papoose” dougstaples@gmx.com (LionelEdwards) - 2024-08-31 20:16 +0000
Re: Word of the day: “Papoose” Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2024-09-01 17:31 +0100
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2024-08-31 22:17 +0100
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-09-01 18:36 +0200
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2024-09-01 09:59 -0700
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2024-09-01 11:43 -0600
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2024-09-01 15:39 -0400
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2024-09-01 23:04 -0400
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2024-09-02 00:22 -0400
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2024-09-02 11:56 +0100
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2024-09-02 23:57 +1000
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2024-09-02 10:52 -0400
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? jerry.friedman99@gmail.com (jerryfriedman) - 2024-09-02 15:30 +0000
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? DDeden <user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-06 19:47 +0000
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? DDeden <user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-07 14:46 +0000
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? DDeden <user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-08 18:13 +0000
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2025-08-09 11:01 +1200
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? DDeden <user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-09 02:14 +0000
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? DDeden <user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-09 02:31 +0000
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? DDeden <user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-10 22:36 +0000
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-09-02 12:33 +0000
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2024-09-03 00:01 +1000
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2024-09-02 11:45 -0400
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-09-03 05:11 +0200
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2024-09-03 08:31 +0100
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-09-03 17:53 +0200
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2024-09-03 15:33 -0600
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? "Anders D. Nygaard" <news2012adn@gmail.com> - 2024-09-04 21:15 +0200
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2024-09-04 10:10 +1000
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2024-09-04 16:26 +1200
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-09-04 10:35 +0200
Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2024-09-06 13:42 -0400
Re: Word of the day: “Papoose” Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2024-08-31 14:35 -0700
Re: Word of the day: “Papoose” Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2024-09-06 19:57 -0700
Re: Word of the day: “Papoose” Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2024-09-07 09:28 +0100
Re: Word of the day: “Papoose” Bertel Lund Hansen <gadekryds@lundhansen.dk> - 2024-09-07 11:28 +0200
Re: Word of the day: “Papoose” Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2024-09-07 11:50 +0100
Sprog Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-09-08 05:44 +0200
Re: Sprog Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net> - 2024-09-08 12:45 +0100
Re: Sprog Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2024-09-08 21:59 +1000
Re: Sprog Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2024-09-08 16:16 +0200
Re: Sprog "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2024-09-08 14:32 +0100
Re: Sprog Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-09-09 01:42 +0200
Re: Sprog Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2024-09-08 17:27 -0700
Re: Sprog jerry.friedman99@gmail.com (jerryfriedman) - 2024-09-09 02:34 +0000
Re: Sprog jerry.friedman99@gmail.com (jerryfriedman) - 2024-09-09 02:34 +0000
Re: Word of the day: “Papoose” lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2024-08-31 15:47 -0600
Re: Word of the day: “Papoose” Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2024-09-01 09:56 +1000
Re: Word of the day: �Papoose� Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2024-08-31 18:45 -0400
Re: Word of the day: “Papoose” Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-09-01 01:52 +0000
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