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From: Brenda &Tony MacCulloch <>
Subject: FW: Crooked Billet
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 22:30:31 +1200
In-Reply-To: <B6F696BA.1A29%ajmac@internet.co.nz>


hi Geo,
see below. my reply to Ian,
we kiwis like to think that we are much more refined than our ozzie cousins
but in the use of the word 'Crook', I think that it is used much the same.

for me, when i saw the original message, I immediately thought it was
referring to a bit of a rough hostelery...

cheers

brenda

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From: Brenda &Tony MacCulloch <>
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 22:25:19 +1200
To: <>
Subject: Re: Crooked Billet

no not much of an ad, but a little tongue in cheek humour from the owners of
such estabilshments
- in the new zealand / oz vernacular - "crook" means a bit off, so being
unwell or something not up to standard is "a bit crook"
cheers,

brenda

From:
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 04:39:50 EDT
To:
Subject: Re: Crooked Billet


In a message dated 08/04/2001 09:19:28 GMT Daylight Time,
writes:


could it mean in the sense of a 'billet' being a place to stay.

and a 'crooked' billet being not a very good place.


Not much of an advert is it? Smile.

Cheers

Ian Pubby Hunter

http://www.essexpubs.co.uk

http://www.tiptree.freeserve.co.uk



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