got pynched yet?

Alan Westrope awestrop at crl.com
Thu Apr 17 10:21:37 CDT 1997


On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, doktor at primenet.com wrote:

>John--

>>I was bummed out by it, because it just seemed like another small line
>>crossed in the >ever creeping incursion of cheap commercial tricks into
>>every nook and cranny of my >life as a 'Murrcan.

>In Arkansas, it's pronounced Markin.

A-and I'm shocked that John, whose dissertation included section 14 of
GR, misspelled 'Merkin!  BTW, I prefer the Australian term Seppo, derived
from Cockney rhyming slang:  Seppo is slang for septic tank, which rhymes
with Yank, and connotes that 'Merkins/Seppos are full of shit.

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