Re: [ImmoderateHeroQuest] Re: Hamsters

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_l-0vZ-JdXuDWF6vDTx7zTLF03UTYKke8PRxcRb0sKkXfkm8JAKUcWSQsJX_c7GizUUk>
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:43:50 +1200


At 01:11 PM 4/7/2005 -0700, you wrote:

>Further evidence for that pronunciation is the English insult "berk"
>(pronounced that way), which is, naturally, short for "Berkshire hunt",
>which is Cockney rhyming slang for "obnoxious person".

The actual rhyme is "Berkeley Hunt" and "Stupid Cunt".

--Peter Metcalfe            

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