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From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick)
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Subject: Re: Re: English Horns
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Date: Thu, 2-May-85 12:46:38 EDT
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> If you tell me what an "English Horn" is,
> I'll tell you what a "bollock" is.
> -Nige Gale

Please don't. But Americans sometimes say "To make a bollix of...." or "To
bollix up...." meaning, to make a mess of. This term isn't usually regarded
as obscene.

How about an explanation of the term "pillock", which was used several times
in the British movie "A Private Function"? A barbaric north-of-Watford 
combination of "pill" with "bollock"?

	John Purbrick ...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-hermes!jpexg
			jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA