'Risk your arse' would be closer but the ambiguity is a problem.
AndrewF
>"Bet yo' ass," often preceded by "You can," is just Murkin speak
>for the somewhat less macho-sounding "Wager your bum." :-)
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>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)
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>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:02:21 +0000
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>>Bet yo' ass!
>>I would not even mind if the ejection seat was of unlikely
>>serviceability...
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>>[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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