Re: 'Niss' or 'Nis'

Blue Sow wrote:

My enquiry was to ask if anyone could place the word prior to 1969. Access to the script will determine the spelling, but not its origins or earlier meaning, if it had one.


I think the responses so far show that none of us can place it either prior to 1969, or indeed thereafter. I think the suggestion that it's a one- off usage of a made- up word, replacing one deemed unacceptable by the broadcaster, is most likely. In 1969, Mary Whitehouse was in full pomp.

Paul Burke
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