[TT] Beavering Away . . .

[Neal Campbell]

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what it means, more than likely you do not want to know.

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Neal
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On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Judy Perry <katheryn.swynford at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ummmm.... I'm feeling more stupid than usual. What exactly does "hoovering"
> mean in the US?
> And how long ago was this heaux conversation?  (yes, I've seen it spelt that
> way).
>
> Judy
> http://revined.blogspot.com
>
> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Richmond Mathewson <geradamas at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> [TT] - Totally Tangential.
>>
>> Ha, Ha, Ha . . .
>>
>> When I was studying at SIU Carbondale I rushed into a teaching assistants'
>> meeting fresh from vacuuming the carpet at home and said:
>>
>> "Sorry I'm late, I have just been hoovering . . ."
>>
>> There was a deathly silence in the room!
>>
>> My understanding supervisor (A Canadian) took me outside and told me
>> that 'hoovering' did not mean vacuum-cleaning in America.
>>
>> Late, I was working in the married students' garden plots when a pleasant
>> woman from Wyoming asked me how I managed to break up the clods of earth
>> so effectively. My reply; "I always use a hoe." was received in silence,
>> and then she walked off, never to speak to me again.
>>
>> In Britain, 'beavering away' means (or, maybe, meant, when I was at school)
>> "working away extremely eagerly"; no doubt connected with "eager beaver" -
>> which, no doubt, you North Americans will resemanticise as a
>> synonym for "loose woman".
>>
>> Divided by a common language we may be; united by a love of programming in
>> Runtime Revolution I hope we all are.
>>
>> Welcome to the silly season !!!
>>
>> Love, Richmond.
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