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Kreisleriana wrote in message ... On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 10:19:24 GMT, yodeled: Jeanette wrote: I don't know the true etymology, but a 'yob' is a backwards 'boy'. When I worked on the fish market in Bolton when I was a teenager, the stallholders had their own mad little jargon where many words were said backwards. Boys were yobs, girls were 'elrigs' "Elrigs" is "girls" spelled backwards? In what universe? Joyce Well, it's an accomodation -- not easy to pronouce lrig, is it? So they pronounce the "L" as "El." And the "s" goes on the end because it's plural, right? Theresa That's about it |
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