My father used the word didicoi without irony, clearly expecting to be
understood - London boy, 1907-1973
L
On Fri, June 18, 2010 09:22, Max Richards wrote:
> 'Our street's full of diddicois and costermongers.'
> Raymond Briggs,
> Ethel & Ernest:a true story, 1998
>
>
> A current word? Or maybe to help date the dialogue to 1928...?
>
>
> Max
>
>
--
Bartender: You really think the world's gonna end?
Ford: Yes.
Bartender: Shouldn't we lie down? Put paper bags over our heads or something?
Ford: If you like.
Bartender: Would it help?
Ford: Not at all.
Lawrence Upton
AHRC Creative Research Fellow
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
|