When I typed that Americanism (I like to join in with the local vernacular :-) ) it looked wrong, so I tried a Google search. The first one, "Urban Dictionary" came up with "cooky - Someone you find to be a bit strange". Just shows you should always look for a second opinion when using Google!
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cooky I think I'll stick to proper English next time. How about crackpot? Hmm, not quite the same flavour. But as a London Times letter writer pointed out in the course of correspondence about French words now part of the language and whether there weren't English alternatives: In English one can always find le mot juste. Allen E. ---------------------------------------- Re: [tips] Remember Those Free Copies of the "On the Origin of the Species" Being Given Out by Fundamentalists? sblack Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:32 -0800 Ah, a chance to simultaneously tweak _both_ Mike Palij and Allen Esterson cannot be denied (even if I will soon be made to pay for it). Their shocking illiteracy astounds me. First Mike: > >I have no familiarity with Kirk Cameron, an actor, who was > >on the show and who authored the introduction as well as > >handing out copies of the free Darwin on Perdue's campus. Perdue = Purdue Now Allen: > Why do you assume that, Mike? Plenty of people hold cooky > views Cooky = kooky Given the different nationalities of our two offenders, with Purdue being an American university and kooky American slang, I pronounce Mike's transgression the greater. But I forgive both, provided they don't let it happen again. Stephen --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
