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sofie wrote:
I have traveled the world over..... been to the UK many times on
business trips, personal vacations, etc.... but I had never heard the
work "crikey" until today. How about up in Canada ?? Have you?

It's an old expression and I was trying to be polite as a visitor to a non
UK newsgroup.

Otherwise I'd have said ******** or ****e. ;-)

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