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    Just as long as we're still girt by see.
    Does anybody actually use girt, apart from singing it at Test Matches etc. It's pretty lame really - only 6 Scrabble points. Girded at 10 points is much more usefuller.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shasta View Post
    Just as long as we're still girt by see.
    Does anybody actually use girt, apart from singing it at Test Matches etc. It's pretty lame really - only 6 Scrabble points. Girded at 10 points is much more usefuller.
    I did manage to use girding in a technical report to describe the security fence arrangement around a site, but couldn't really fit 'girt' in

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sheikh View Post
    I did manage to use girding in a technical report to describe the security fence arrangement around a site, but couldn't really fit 'girt' in
    Our site is girt by Rent-a-Fence?

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    With girt and surround being synonyms, I believe girt has been replaced with girded in the mind of most modern etymologists, both are uncommonly used with variants of surround providing an almost perfect substitution and behind favoured in modern language.

    I would think that, sometime in history, the terms had a variate interpretation, but haven't found anything to support that assumption.

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    maybe in a few years time,with global warming,we can change it to "our home is swamped by sea",lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by brokendown gunfighter View Post
    maybe in a few years time,with global warming,we can change it to "our home is swamped by sea",lol
    Oh yeh nah.....Spose I could move to Dwellingup and have a beautiful beachfront Bunnings cabin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GIGS20 View Post
    With girt and surround being synonyms, I believe girt has been replaced with girded .................

    I would think that, sometime in history, the terms had a variate interpretation, but haven't found anything to support that assumption.
    Yep.....in ancient Greek times soldiers "girt their loins" in preparation for battle. These days I think it refers to surrounding them with a jock strap in case Charlie Rorke is around.

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    this discussion is rivaling the great Splayde/Spork talk of 2019

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darren View Post
    Australians all let us rejoice! A change to the anthem. We are no longer "young and free", but now "one and free"

    https://www.theguardian.com/australi...genous-history
    “ one and free” = 4

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    Quote Originally Posted by .X. View Post
    this discussion is rivaling the great Splayde/Spork talk of 2019
    Plastic sporks were banned in the legions Rome & Ancient Greece.

    PS. Thank Zeus Rugby AU starts again in 47 days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shasta View Post
    Plastic sporks were banned in the legions Rome & Ancient Greece.

    PS. Thank Zeus Rugby AU starts again in 47 days.
    Praise that comment....you win this weeks prize of a presentation set of 6 Splades.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shasta View Post
    Yep.....in ancient Greek times soldiers "girt their loins" in preparation for battle. These days I think it refers to surrounding them with a jock strap in case Charlie Rorke is around.
    Amen to the return of rugby, I need it badOn related matters, the ancient Greeks never girt anything, the term is old english of Germanic originThose who know a jockstrap in detail would be aware that they offer absolutely zero protection for the date.I'll see myself out

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    It appears you've confused the Squirell Grip with the Hopoate Manouvre.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shasta View Post
    It appears you've confused the Squirell Grip with the Hopoate Manouvre.
    Forgive my ignorance of all thing bloody Mungo

    I stand corrected

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