Difference between revisions of "Spigotty anglease"
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* '''Anglais:''' (''French'') English | * '''Anglais:''' (''French'') English | ||
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| + | * '''Angles:''' along with the Saxons and Jutes, one of the Germanic invaders of Britain who were the ancestors of the English | ||
* '''do you speak English?''' | * '''do you speak English?''' | ||
Revision as of 03:49, 1 March 2007
- Jesperson, Language 20.4: “Panamanians, when addressed, used to reply ‘No spiggoty (speak) Inglis’”
- spigot: a vent-peg on a beer barrel
- Pigott: Richard Piggott, Irish journalist who forged letters linking Parnell to the Phoenix park Assassinations of 1882 → in FW Piggott represents the combined Shem-Shaun character (File:Shem-Shaun.PNG)
- Spiggoty: (US slang) a derogatory American slang for a person from a Spanish-speaking country in South or Central America or a Spanish-speaking community in the USA. Spanish-American, a foreign language
- Anglais: (French) English
- Angles: along with the Saxons and Jutes, one of the Germanic invaders of Britain who were the ancestors of the English
- do you speak English?
