on 6/6/02 3:24 PM, Robin Hamilton at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> Actually, it would probably run "a Jock" = "a Scotsman" (with 'Jock' --
>> "Howyadoin, Jock?" -- as the generic name).
>
> Thinking of generics, the Midlands universal is (dave will get this) -- "Mee
> dook".
>
> Anyone know how widely this runs? I never came on it before I moved to
> Loughborough.
>
> Robin
The plural form occurs when the lamprey angle is employed, I believe--C
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