DT> Ok....now you've earned my respect.....I feel like a 
 DT> diphthong....interesting stuff and much of it I was not immediately 
 DT> aware of.  I think language is so fascinating and only recently have I
 DT> had my interest perked.
EL> I hope not! I think you mean piqued. In Australia, this is idiom  
EL> for chucked, spewed, threw up, chundered ...do you get my drift?...
EL> barfed?????
Hereabouts, "perked" is something one does with coffee;
short for percolate, I imagine....
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