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- From: mike@jammin.nosc.mil (mike pawka)
- Subject: Re: Reggae terms
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.151453.4877@nosc.mil>
- Sender: pinney@nosc.mil (Mel M. Pinney)
- Organization: NRaD
- References: <1h5o42INN9lc@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:14:53 GMT
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- In article <1h5o42INN9lc@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu>, jawad@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jawad Ali) writes:
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- |> How about explaining a few words of the King's English. Such as:
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- |> Skanking: As in "easy skiankin"
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- Dancing.
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- |> Natty: As in "natty dread"
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- Natty, meaning "smart in appearance", is usually used to describe
- dreadlocks, but can be used alone, for example, "Ten times worse if you 'ave a
- natty".
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- |> Ranking
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- DJ'ing.
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- mike
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