> "You have got that bell-bottom thang down!" > > A quality, or a skill. I have never been very comfortable using the word, > which I attribute primarily to my not being from Nebraska. > > Is there anyone on the list from Nebraska? Many in the Washington DC area use the term "thang" as well, not just our favorite Nabraskans. for example: person one: "Marion Barry, weren't he dat doo whit duh drug thang?" person two: "werd g" But even in that sense it is used in the sense of a skill to describe the ex-mayor's drug habits. ______________________ Josh Goldberg VP Sales/Software Development 3io, Inc. josh@3io.com 240.994.0253 ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe