Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Gosh.... Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 22:17:40 +0900 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <41177974.2050307@hotmail.com> References: <1gi9pf2.ajiwvr1xyoko7N%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> <41175F2D.8030506@hotmail.com> <3jpeh053bplcnc2i5ups2uui7q3tgne0h1@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de YRxpFn9fiJWRT4qrdD33vwhwEeg2ygiB3jtbKUGcDQ7uVsT45D User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: <3jpeh053bplcnc2i5ups2uui7q3tgne0h1@4ax.com> Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:16152 Michael Cash wrote: > On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 20:25:33 +0900, Declan Murphy > brought down from the Mount tablets > inscribed: > >>Louise Bremner wrote: >> >>>Did I really express interest in kanji cards that prepare for Levels 4 >>>and 3 of the JLPT? >> >>??? >> >>I haven't whetted the whistle yet tonight > > So that's what you bog-trotters call it...... > > (Unless you meant "wet", of course). I believe it (in this instance) is spelled "whet". Contemplating this new bottle of Midleton's, I'd even suggest that "The Whetted Whistle" would be a grand name for a pub. -- "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on"