Re: Slang attack

From: Erol K. Bayburt <ErolB1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:43:30 -0500

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:59:50 +0100, Graham Woodland
<gray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've just hit a passage in the WIP where the *precisely* right
remark for Prince Charming to make is, 'I should cocoa!'. Most
Londoners, at least, will know instantly what this means, and
it's fairly apparent from context that it is an emphatic
agreement; but I'm not sure how widely it's familiar, and I'm
curious as to how transparent/gibberishish it appears to my
fellow groomers of cats.

Opaque. I've never encountered this before.
--
Erol K. Bayburt
ErolB1@xxxxxxxxxxx
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- Slang attack
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