Re: Encarta Dictionary

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:17 AM 8/30/99 +1000, Michael Richards wrote:
>"Dinkum" exits in "Australian English" (pronounced "strine"). The Macquaire
>Dictionary of Australian Chinese (published last month) says it comes from the
>Victorian goldfields (c. 1840's), and was Chinese dialect Din Kum meaning "real
>gold" as opposed to fool's gold (iron pyrites). How did Bill get hold of this
>lexiconigraphical fool's gold?
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Well, we know that if Bill did grab it, it's one of the few times something
slipped from his grasp, because it ain't in his dictionary.
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