[muglo] Re: "kettle of fish" [VERY OFF]
- From: Paul Thomas <paul_thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 20:30:56 -0500
Oh yes!! a "kettle of fish" was quite common in England!! And also I
remember in Guernsey a "cental" was a 100 pounds (weight)
Paul
On Feb 8, 2005, at 6:45 PM, Larry Kryski wrote:
> I wonder if any of our members who have British roots, might have had
> any
> exposure to this expression before they came to Canada? There is the
> Scottish reference in one of the definitions but that doesn't preclude
> the
> distortion of kentle. And I don't have any inkling as to the nature or
> status of the language spoken by the Scots at that time in history.
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