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Word: fitwer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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...case of sag rapes, and summer nights can be hell when the egg ni '-ner (air conditioner) is on the blink. Students often use a handbook on Strine that sets up little dramatic situations larded with lingo. What, for instance, should a wife do with a layabout husband? "Fitwer smeeide leave him. Seems he sawway sonn the grog. He'll nebby any good." Translation: "If it were me, I'd leave him. Seems he's always drunk. He'll never be any good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Strain of Strine | 8/24/1970 | See Source »

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