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They have different source/roots

How do you know?

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nor would you throw down your AA and yell "i've got the bollocks!"

they're 2 different beasts.

diebitter, do you agree? and by the way, where in england are you located?

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Actually, I would use 'the bollocks' in that context, but I'd be surprised if it didn't raise a few eyebrows, and I'd be surprised to ever hear it myself outside of a London casino. So I do agree completely with you.

I live in Leicester, but born/bred in the promised land, South London.

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They have different source/roots

How do you know?

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Well, I'm pretty sure that 'the nuts' didn't arise from a highly-regarded 2-stroke motorbike engine movement looking just like the testes of a mating terrier.

Re: Are \'bollocks\' sometimes on US tongues these days?
 

really? hmm, i did not know that.

i'm staying right outside of heathrow, is leicester near there? and where can i get a game while i'm there?

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They have different source/roots

How do you know?

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Well, I'm pretty sure that 'the nuts' didn't arise from a highly-regarded 2-stroke motorbike engine movement looking just like the testes of a mating terrier.

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No, but I think I remember hearing that "the nuts" was a shortening of "the mutt's nuts" which obviously is a reference to "the dog's bollocks".

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really? hmm, i did not know that.

i'm staying right outside of heathrow, is leicester near there? and where can i get a game while i'm there?

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No, not really (about 100 miles away). I've never played a live game in the UK, only Vegas. There are no games at all in Leicester [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

London casinos, I'd guess. However, I think you need to apply 24 hours before you can go in, so check it on the internet - you may be able to register as a member online these days. Maybe another UK OOTer can help you out?

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I take it from this that 'bollocks' isn't in common usage then?

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nope.

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'the bollocks' (shortening of 'the dog's bollocks'== very good, best)

This should be easy for people here to remember, given it means the same thing as "the nuts".

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not really, it's more use like this:

Patrick del Poker Grande: this new Coheed and Cambria CD is the [dog's] bollocks!

this phrasing wouldn't really work with "the nuts"

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Sure it would.

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They have different source/roots

How do you know?

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Well, I'm pretty sure that 'the nuts' didn't arise from a highly-regarded 2-stroke motorbike engine movement looking just like the testes of a mating terrier.

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No, but I think I remember hearing that "the nuts" was a shortening of "the mutt's nuts" which obviously is a reference to "the dog's bollocks".

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Oh, that'll teach me to assume. My bad.

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London casinos, I'd guess. However, I think you need to apply 24 hours before you can go in, so check it on the internet - you may be able to register as a member online these days. Maybe another UK OOTer can help you out?

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You don't need ot apply to gutshot 24 hours before you play because it's a cardroom, not a casino.

However I think it's depressing there and I don't enjoy PLHE and if I could work out their rake structure, I'm sure it would be too high.

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I take it from this that 'bollocks' isn't in common usage then?

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nope.

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'the bollocks' (shortening of 'the dog's bollocks'== very good, best)

This should be easy for people here to remember, given it means the same thing as "the nuts".

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not really, it's more use like this:

Patrick del Poker Grande: this new Coheed and Cambria CD is the [dog's] bollocks!

this phrasing wouldn't really work with "the nuts"

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Sure it would.

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really? i've never heard it used that way. my bad.