Ah well, that's entirely different, and is not nonsense (sorry to disappoint
you, Walt). Yes, I can recognise that as having the meaning ascribed
earlier, and it very succinctly encapsulates the advice I gave in my post
just a minute ago. But as you will have seen, I wouldn't have phrased it
that way :-) It's for others to judge which phraseology is preferred.
Partridge dates "rozzer" to c 1870. It's a word I have never used, but have
known since I was a boy (at an undisclosed date between 1870 and the
present).
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Walt Wayman
Sent: 06 October 2006 17:51
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: is a long post okay?; snide crackers
Well, the actual phrase is "It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsey in
snide." I haven't a clue what it means. I do like the way it sounds. Of
course, I've been a fan of nonsense my whole silly life. :-)
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Martyn Smoothy" <mds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Whatever "Dropsy the crackers with snide" may mean it's no sort of
> "British Slang" that I've ever heard - any of the other Limeys on the
> list recognize it?
>
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