Higgledy Piggledy

[rayheinrich]

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jannyg spake thus: "I used higgledy-piggledy as my example because
I had had to remove it from a poem I once wrote...because folk from
the US of A didn't use it, or understand it."

And when jannygranny said this I corrected her because the term
"higgledy-piggledy" is widely used and understood by most of us
un-limey's. My mom used it all the time when I was growing up.
(But not once, ever, did she refer to our road vehicle intended for
human habitation as a "caravan".)


gj enunciated: "Listen matey, I am a civilian Smile- in fact my career
choice is to be an innocent bystander. Edit....damn, I just realised those
are the ones who get killed first."

"Civilian", in my context, is anyone whose is not a member of the army
of partially sentient beings who delusionally re-arrange words in a
pathetic attempt to, among other equally futile things, "communicate".
(Nor did my mom (unlimey for "mum") ever spell realized with an "s".)


janny persevered: "What does 'occupy walled-in' mean?"

It's the equivalent of "Occupy Wall Street" for those of us who "write"
instead of "do".

And yes, mark is partially right and I do, most sincerely, love gj to the
extent that it will not piss off my cats or my wife. (BTW, what's limey
for the term "piss off"?)