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To: arthurus

They speak in a cant. That cant has various names depending on the group.

Look it up.


54 posted on 08/17/2016 1:55:02 PM PDT by Ray76 (Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo!)
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To: Ray76

The Terrible Williamsons called it Cant. I know what cant is and argot and slang and lingo and all that. When a group puts a capital letter on it then it becomes a name that does not necessarily closely reflect the meaning of the uncapitalized word.


55 posted on 08/17/2016 1:58:25 PM PDT by arthurus
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