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Offline Black Dog

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Re: Local language culture
« Reply #30 on: January 09, 2023, 09:41:28 am »
Quote from: Bubbermiley on January 07, 2023, 06:54:51 pm
You're right. Turns out it comes from the Ukrainian "gaci" or "gotchie." And t's not exclusively Manitoba. Saskatchean wears gitch too.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gitch

West of Lloydminster it's "ginch" or "gonch".
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Re: Local language culture
« Reply #31 on: January 09, 2023, 10:49:48 am »
That sounds uncomfortable.
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Re: Local language culture
« Reply #32 on: January 09, 2023, 12:13:46 pm »
Quote from: Bubbermiley on January 09, 2023, 10:49:48 am
That sounds uncomfortable.

Less than "gitch" IMO.
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