"Bet yo' ass," often preceded by "You can," is just Murkin speak
for the somewhat less macho-sounding "Wager your bum." :-)
Walt
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A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing
than he needs. -- Mark Twain (defining the cause of Zuikoholism a
century ago)
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:02:21 +0000
>
>Bet yo' ass!
>I would not even mind if the ejection seat was of unlikely
>serviceability...
>
>[I hope that this little bit of dialect is in no way offensive to
>anyone on the List. I do not know its literal meaning, but it
>was one of the expressive phrases I picked up when living among
>the natives in Florida some years ago ;-)]
>
>Chris
>
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