[ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal
Grant Sewell
dcglug at thymox.co.uk
Wed Aug 18 16:23:34 BST 2010
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:16:57 +0100
Liam Proven wrote:
> > Edgy Eft. Edgy, damned right it was. WTF is an Eft?
>
> A small newt. I thought everyone knew that.
>
> By the way, "an eft" became "an ewt" during one of English's many
> upheavals, then "an ewt" became a "a newt", in a reversal of the way
> that "a nadder" became "an adder" and "a napron" became "an apron".
My favourite is "a norange" -> "an orange". :)
Grant.
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