On 8/16/2013 4:42 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 16/8/13, John, discombobulated, unleashed:
Particularly "an elderly rustic" ... as in, "I'll have to ask the gaffer."
We tend to use it to mean the boss. "Es the gaffer around mate?"
I can visualize Cotty's son Stefan saying that to his friends.
Correct spelling! But I just sprayed coffee on my screen. You would have
to be a medical doctor to understand how he describes his boss. Alas
only his boss for one more day - he finishes tomorrow!
Up to London to install him in his halls of residence - student
accommodation - his digs.
I was thinking son père as "the gaffer".
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