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Subject: Re: Quarms - Please clarify
From: Harvey Van Sickle <harvey.news@ntlworld.com>
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 22:28:01 GMT, unluckystar wrote
> Thank you
You're most welome!
> "Harvey Van Sickle" <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9400EF656E455whhvans@194.168.222.40...
>> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:08:00 GMT, unluckystar wrote
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've heard the phrase "to have to quarms" with something but I
>>> can't find "quarm" or "quarms" in any online dictionary or
>>> thesaurus. Is this word slang? Is it based on a foreign word?
>>> Could someone please put me straight on this issue...
>>
>> Look it up under "qualm" (the "l" is silent).
>>
>> Definitely not slang -- and with a solid root in Old English.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers, Harvey
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Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey to whhvs)
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