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Re: "Git"

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From: D.J. Miller
Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 00:00
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> >> Get a clue, you git.
> >
> >Er, you mean grit?
> 
> 
> He means "git."  Or he could.  "Git" is a term of British origin (I think)
> meaning "twit" or "fool."  I don't know where Ed Green picked it up, but
> I heard it during my hours spent watching "Monty Python's Flying Circus."

I think he suggested "grit" instead of "git" b/c we were talking about
southern restaurants.  Sort of.  I don't know.  That's what I thought when
I saw it, and I laughed. 

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From: "D.J. Miller" <djm@acpub.duke.edu>
Subject: Re: "Git"
Date: 1995/05/03
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