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From: "Joan Vinall" <>
Subject: [SoG] TROLL
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 14:38:26 -0000
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Hi Colin,

I looked up the word 'troll' in the Oxford Dictionary a few years ago and
found 'to walk like a prostitute'

In my younger days as a secretary I was typing a letter from my boss to a
friend, inviting the friend to 'come and browse in my garden while you are
recovering from your illness'.

We girls in the office looked at the dictionary for the spelling (yes,
really) and found that the meaning of 'browse' was 'to eat the leaves of
trees and shrubs'.

Joan Vinall in Berkshire

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