That would typically be the Scotswood road, where ye'd be gannin' to see the Blayden Races.
Why aye. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Davis Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 14:06 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:16441] RE: Dictionaries -- OFF TOPIC (was: More metric items) I wasn't aware you guy's were going to take this subject THIS seriously!!!!!!!! How about the phrase "A' hm gannin' doon the road!" as something to REALLY get your teeth into?? Regards, Steve. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Elwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:14 PM Subject: [USMA:16439] RE: Dictionaries -- OFF TOPIC (was: More metric items) > My OED is the second edition (OED2), published in 1989, on CD-ROM. It > includes the full text of the A-Z database, but does not include some > ancillary material. > > It does have "bicky" and "bikky." > > Jim > > > At 12:08 PM 11/27/2001 -0800, Bill Potts wrote: > >Jim Elwell wrote: > >Presumably "biccy" is slang for "biscuit. It's not in my OED. > > > >Is yours the SOED? > > > > >From the OED Online: > > > >bicky, bikky > > > > A diminutive or affectedly childish form of BISCUIT. >
