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Can we draw any analogies between yachties and us “TGR’
Ah the wonders of the English language and how different meanings are attached to words.
EG Victoria’s famous couta boats are said to be “gaff rigged”. So when a CD like me “tucks” (or perhaps that should be “tacks”!!), does this make me “gaff rigged”. Certainly keeps the “mainmast” steady
.Tho’ those from the fishing fraternity would be very much inclined to wince in pain. A gaff for them is a stick with a very pointy and sharp hook at one end. Big game fishermen use a much more lethal sounding device, i.e. the “flying gaff”.
My eyes are watering already
Caty
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It would also be a gaff if someone called you Mister when out in your best frock or if a Londoner suggested you come round to their flat for a late night drink after being out for the night in said frock!
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Christina
As a “Minder” freak from way back, (to all those young things out there “Minder” was a famous English TV series in the 80′), I am ashamed to admit I forgot about the Cockney term for “abode”.
It was indeed a “gaff” on my part
Caty
