Body
When a body meets a body, Gangin' through the rye, Burns.Fast forward a little to something like this, heard in many a Western, "Waal, a body might think you were lookin' for trouble wearing that...
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If it still exists in the US, it's regional; anybody have access to DARE?As for Scotland, my sources say it's still current; the Concise Scots Dictionary, for instance, says:Quote:body 2. also......
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aldi! aldi! aldi!It's "gin a body", no' "when a body", ye crackit Sassenach!an' its "comin' " -- nae "ganging"!Hostess (to young man who has turned up at a fancy dress party dressed in nothing at all,...
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If it still exists in the US, it's regional; anybody have access to DARE?DARE: "1. A person -- freq. used by a speaker in ref. to himself" DARE suggests that it is "widespread, but esp. Midl." (US...
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Och the noo! And with my father a Scot too! I stand corrected, Lionello. I clearly don't know whether I'm comin' or gangin'.
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