dame_zumari@yahoo.com (Louise Bremner) wrote in message news:<1gi9vy8.jvs6yu3kco00N%dame_zumari@yahoo.com>...
> Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Michael Cash wrote:
> > > On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 20:25:33 +0900, Declan Murphy
> > > <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> 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.
> 
> Hmmmmm... I always thought it was "wet"....
> 
It is. You wet your whistle, and whet your appetite. That according to
Dictionary.com.

John W.