Neither was in my thesaurus.
Many thanks, Chris.
Alfredo
On Sep 1, 2005, at 10:33 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
> He means "fiddling" about, but in a way that is less than enjoyable
> or productive. A "prat" is a fool; a "prat-fall" is a trick of
> comedians - falling about to make the audience laugh. The technique
> is also called "slapstick".
>
> Tricky language this; I bet many of our friends across the water
> would not have known the term ;-)
>
> Chris
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> On 1 Sep 2005, at 08:26, alfredo pagliano wrote:
>
>> Please, excuse me, what does pratting mean?
>>
>> Alfredo
>>
>
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