On Sat, Dec 07, 2019 at 06:55:58PM +0100, Jan van Wijk wrote: > On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 15:14:21 +0000 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > >>In a previous life building racing engines, "cack" was a familiar word, > >>as in "the top ring is cackled." Meaning damaged beyond repair. > > > >Kack still in use here int he UK. Means 'shit'. > > Same here, allthough we simply spell it 'kak' :-) > > Regards, JvW
The word (originaly Dutch, IIRC) is, in a modified form, still in use in English in the word "poppycock", which roughly means "soft shit" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
