Saturday, July 29, 2006

britishism [John Derbyshire]
My exhortation, at the end of this week's Radio Derb, to "keep your pecker up" has been widely misunderstood. I apologize. This is a Britishism. It means: Keep an optimistic attitude and mien—shoulders back, head up, nose (that's the pecker) in the air. I hope that is clear.
07/29 02:27 PM
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