Re: [gardeners] Re:Scalleywags? Definately one word. ;-)
drusus@golden.net (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 10:58:05 -0400
At 09:28 PM 12-10-98 -0600, you wrote:
>I seem to be missing something here. I thought you were talking about
>Texans. A scalleywag is a British term for a tar gone adrift I think.
>I find it amusing that a land state would use such a term. Please
>enlighten this prairie bound mountain shrouded soul what you call a
>scalleywag!! Texas in the Caribbean is what I am envisioning!!
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>Gayle
There seems always to have been a direct link between Texas and the navy.
Maritime Canadians tend to end up in either the air force or the infantry.
I think it's the greener grass syndrome.
Lucinda
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