Hi, Paul! Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:
AH> According to Uncle Google, the idea that a "pregnant goldfish"
AH> may be referred to as a "twit" is an urban legend from Australia.
PQ> It's harkening back to the misty memory of long-gone youth.
Various people have reported they heard it in their youth & believed it at the time...
PQ> I did think, later, that it was a suggestive Monty Python line
PQ> but cannot find any reference.
... but now suspect it was meant to be a joke. Uncle Google has yet to find anyone who can recall where they first heard it. OTOH, I wouldn't put it past Monty Python. Dallas & I often watched the show as well... [chuckle].
AH> I cited THE FREE DICTIONARY in this case because it includes
PQ> I did see that much later. Nice try. ;)
Thank you. Another reason, of course, is that a bunch of rude words in a single message might upset some folks. If I advise reading a dictionary, that's what English teachers do... and I didn't write the content myself. :-Q
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