Subj : PYGMALION
To   : Mike Powell
From : Alexander Koryagin
Date : Fri Aug 09 2024 14:16:22


Hi, Mike Powell!
I read your message from 08.08.2024 14:42

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 ak> When I was a poor man and had a solicitor once when they found a
 ak> pram in the dust cart, he got me off, and got shut of me and got me
 ak> shut of him as quick as he could.
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 ak> What is the pram pram in the dust cart? What does he mean? :)

 MP> Pram is a "British" word for a baby carriage or stroller, i.e.
 MP> something you lay or sit a baby in which has wheels so you can push
 MP> it around while you walk behind it.

 MP> Dust cart I believe is a rubbish or trash bin, likely also with
 MP> wheels.

 MP> In this case, though, I wonder if it is a British euphimism for
 MP> something more specific as I don't understand how throwing an old
 MP> pram out in the garbage would get a person into legal trouble.


Maybe Doolittle made his dust cart from a stolen pram? ;-)

Bye, Mike!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024

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