[SOC] Sennight
Paul Bartlett
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Sat, 6 Sep 2003 20:25:15 +0100
I posed the question, "What's a sennight?" to Katie (XYL). She responded,
"It's a week of course. You know, SEVEN NIGHTS.".
She reads the classics. Jane Austen etc.
I are philistine eejit it seems.
Paul :-))
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Nielsen" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Sennight
> Both were new to me. I found sennight (literally seven nights), but
> when I looked up lustrum, I found several definitions, including:
>
> a. A period of five years.
> b. Bawdy, brothel, house of ill fame, whorehouse
>
> Ah, modern education!
>
> Bob, N7XY
>
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