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Re: vernacular

To: hyoung@dhhmail.dhh.state.la.us
Subject: Re: vernacular
From: dmeadow@juno.com
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 11:54:10 EDT
My Australian friends tell me that this is a somewhat demeaning, yet
affectionate (any contradiction here?) way to refer to the wife.  I can't
give you the origin, except to speculate that she's an "old boiler" as
opposed to a "young fryer."  A few years ago an Australian politician got
into hot water for referring to his wife as "the old boiler."

David Littlefield
Houston, TX

On Tue, 03 Jun 1997 10:02:41 -0500 Howard Young
<hyoung@dhhmail.dhh.state.la.us> writes:
>could some one from the U.K. or other wise knowledgeable tell me what
>the "Old English" expression "an old boiler" means ? if its not 
>suitable for
>public consumption  email me direct.                                   
>                         
>                                             Thanks,                   
>                                         
>                                                HoYo
>

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