[Coco] furriners, more regional dialect

KnudsenMJ at aol.com KnudsenMJ at aol.com
Tue Aug 31 16:17:31 EDT 2004


In a message dated 8/31/04 11:53:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, flexser at fiu.edu 
writes:

> Sure, and "gardyloo" is what you should yell when throwing orts out of the
>  window!  (Look THAT up in your funkin' Wagnalls!) (Unabridged.)

Thanks Art.  If you actually grew up hearing "ort", where was that?
"Gardyloo" sounds like a French phrase "Gardez-l'eau" (Watch out for the 
water!).
Ain't languages fun?  --Mike K.



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