David in Ballarat wrote:
NOw I've just been talking with a cousin who wants me to ask all you
knowledgeable folk whether anyone uses the word "gammon". It's not used down
here in Victoria, Australia. However, in Queensland and the Northern
Territory it has remained popular for generations. It really means "untrue!"
"lies!" or even bull-s**t
I've never heard it used, but I once read a British mystery
novel in which a Major Clue was considerably less than it
appeared, and someone had hinted as much by including a
recipe for ham florentine in it -- when the light dawned,
the detective realized that the clue-dropper had said the
clue was "gammon and spinach".
Which the author translated as "nonsense!".
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