Re: [Corpora-List] Numpties and bennies

From: John F. Sowa (sowa@bestweb.net)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2006 - 19:17:44 MET

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Harold,

> Would I be right in thinking that the word is entirely unknown in AmE?

I have never heard the word "numpty" in AmE, and when I saw
the word in the title, I could not guess its meaning.

John

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