| Subject: | Re: Booze Cruise
| | Date: | Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:29:24 +0100
| | From: | James Farrar <james.s.farrar@gmail.com>
| | Newsgroups: | england.local.london,uk.local.london,uk.transport.london
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:47:38 +0100, "Brian Watson"
<WACCI_inf@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>"redcat" <redcat@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
>news:hvadnToQot-3VN_VnZ2dnUVZ_v_inZ2d@earthlink.com...
>> Brian Watson wrote:
>>>>
>>> I look forward to Doris' "wise" words on the subject once he gets back to
>>> the office.
>>>
>>
>> What is the meaning and intention behind changing "Boris" to "Doris"?
>
>He is what is known colloquially as a "bit of an old woman."
>
>Since "Doris" and "Boris" are so similar in sound and "Doris" is a name now
>rarely used, but was commonly given to girls about 80 years ago, it seemed
>an appropriate substitution.
In other words, it was a childish insult.
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