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31 August 2006

Yesterday's Forgotten English entry (the calendar, not the book) was with squirrel:

Pregnancy is seldom mentioned when both men and women are present ... If no women are about, a hillman may remark to a comparative stranger that his wife is ketched ... or with squirrel ...
-Vance Randolph's Down in the Holler: A Gallery of Ozark Folk-Speech, 1953

post by: shane at: 08:19 | 3 comments

I've heard the expression "in kitten," too. I think that was British, though.

posted by JanetLand 31 August | 13:33

"Having kittens" was one of my friend's favorite expressions for freaking out.

posted by stilicho 31 August | 14:09

I suppose I'd rather be "in kitten" than "with squirrel". Although my pregnancies could have been described "with ocotopus", or "with gymnast".

posted by redvixen 31 August | 16:37

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