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RE: language fun

To: "'MGS'" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: language fun
From: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:17:19 -0700
No wonder I didn't know ... I'm a beer kinda guy. <G>

Larry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net 
> [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Barrie Robinson
> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 12:26 PM
> To: Larry Hoy; 'MGS'
> Subject: RE: language fun
> 
> 
> A "stingah" or "stengah" is a whisky (Scotch to the 
> Sassenachs out there) 
> and soda very popular in the colonies of the more hot humid 
> variety.  It is 
> not to be confused with "stingo" which is strong beer.  There 
> are various 
> spellings.
> 
> 
> 
> At 11:48 AM 1/1/02 -0700, Larry Hoy wrote:
> > > All this said with pith helmet on head, stingah in one hand, and 
> > > natural hand cut Orlik pipe in the other.
> >
> >OK, stingah is not in my dictionary, 
> ><http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary> .
> >
> >I'll bite, what is it?
> >
> >Larry Hoy
> 
> Regards
> Barrie
> 
> Barrie Robinson - barrier@bconnex.net
> 
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