Ah. Yes indeed. (I see it's 'from the Scots "argie"'!) Judy Evans, Cardiff --- On Fri, 24/4/09, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Baby and the Waterboard > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Friday, 24 April, 2009, 10:11 PM > On Apr 24, 2009, at 2:00 PM, Judith Evans wrote: > > > > > > Same as "Argies," a neutral > >> term. > > > > I wouldn't call it neutral. I'd never heard it > before the Falklands > > War. > > > > > > You had, but not with this meaning. > > http://www.thefreedictionary.com/argy-bargy > > :) ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html