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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.




 





 

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