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  1. 13th January 10, 03:19 AM #1
    Lachlan09
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    To prevent friction, I believe we should adopt the London name for Scottish/Scots:- Sweaties, which is shortened Cockney slang meaning sweaty socks = jocks, Scotsmen
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    Sweaty Sock

    Quote Originally Posted by Lachlan09 View Post
    To prevent friction, I believe we should adopt the London name for Scottish/Scots:- Sweaties, which is shortened Cockney slang meaning sweaty socks = jocks, Scotsmen
    After 22 years in the Army, I thought I'd escaped that epithet here in Virginia! Still, I've been called worse.
    "O, why the deuce should I repine, and be an ill foreboder?
    I'm twenty-three, and five feet nine, I'll go and be a sodger!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fougasse View Post
    After 22 years in the Army, I thought I'd escaped that epithet here in Virginia! Still, I've been called worse.
    Especially by the senior nco's !
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