Klarinet Archive - Posting 000160.txt from 2004/03

From: ormondtoby@------.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: RE: [kl] Apples?
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:33:32 -0500

Mathew Lloyd wrote:

> Ruddy can mean a red colour - the peasant
> had a ruddy complexion - which would
> suggest a healthy glow but perhaps a bit
> more so. Alternatively it can be used as an
> form of abuse - as in I wish those Americans
> would vote out that ruddy Bush. Does that
> help or hinder?

It helps. Thank you. (I'm reading Sherlock Holmes.)