Thanks, Al. I'm going to go home and put it on right now.
:-)
Best Regards, Erick
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anderson, Erick (ETW)" <
Erick.Anderson@Nike.com>
>
>
> > Can someone across the pond explain to me the
meaning of the word "Git"?
> I
> > have a T-Shirt, with a very nicely designed
legend that says "Surly
> Gits"
> > emblazoned across the chest, but I'm loath to
wear until I find out what
> I'm
> > promoting.
> >
> A worthless or contemptible person. A fool. An
variant of "get," still
> used in Scotland. Get = "brat, bastard, contemptible
person, fool,
> idiot."
> Derived from "beget", to get with child. A "get" was
an illegitimate
> child.
>
> Al Guthrie
>
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