Re: Slang attack

In article <BeednSAgWuJmdBLVnZ2dnUVZ8uednZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Julian Flood <julian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Brian M. Scott wrote:

There seems to be general agreement that in
origin it's rhyming slang for 'I should say so!', albeit a
bit unusual in not having the familiar bipartite structure
('apples and pairs', 'trouble and strife', etc.).

In _my _ head it's "I should think so" with a strongly implied 'bloody
well' but with the chance of a derisory, implied (not!) with certain
other clues: 'Oh, yes!' or 'oh, yeah'.

But what do I know?

Well, at least you're a Brit. We Yanks seem to have unanimously
struck out on it.

Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx
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