"Gotch" a Canadian word?
Bun Mui
I heard that "gotch" is a Canadian word in exclusively used in Canadian
English usage, is that true?
I think it originated from Canadian hockey player's underwear?
Kinda of makes new meaning to the words "gotch ya".
Comments?
Bun Mui
Sylvan Korvus
<Bun...@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
Comments!
I think you are mistaking two similar words:
"Gotch" by itself isn't a word; it's a syllable in "gotcha" which is a
slurred form of "got ya" -> "got you", and never written or spoken as
"gotch ya".
"Gonch" is jock or sports slang for men's underwear, generally briefs or
bikini; boxers are considered more sophisticated I think.
"Yank his gonch!" -> Give someone a "wedgie".
"Smelly gonches" -> self obvious.
Now Mr. Mui, you post a plentitude of questions; are you sincerely
interested in the answers, or are you just trying to waste people's time?
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Sylvan Korvus wrote in message ...
>In article <zbh42.1730$2A1...@typhoon.mbnet.mb.ca>, Bun Mui
><Bun...@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
>
>>I heard that "gotch" is a Canadian word in exclusively used in Canadian
>>English usage, is that true?
<snip>
>I think you are mistaking two similar words:
>
>"Gotch" by itself isn't a word; it's a syllable in "gotcha" which is a
>slurred form of "got ya" -> "got you", and never written or spoken as
>"gotch ya".
>
>"Gonch" is jock or sports slang for men's underwear, generally briefs or
>bikini; boxers are considered more sophisticated I think.
I live in Ontario, and I used to use the diminutive form "gotchies" to refer
to underwear (not since my misspent youth, however). Both "gotch" and
"gotchies" are in the new Canadian Oxford Dictionary and the origin is given
as probably East European. Never heard "gonch" and it's not in my
dictionary.
Lucia
Larry Phillips
> I think you are mistaking two similar words:
Actually, he isn't.
> "Gonch" is jock or sports slang for men's underwear, generally briefs
> or bikini; boxers are considered more sophisticated I think.
I have always spelled this as 'gaunch'.
On the prairies, the word 'gauch' is very common, and means the same
thing. It is usually said 'gauch' for booth singular and plural, and
in
> "Yank his gonch!" -> Give someone a "wedgie".
"Yank his gauch" -> Give someone a wedgie.
and
> "Smelly gonches" -> self obvious.
"A pile of gauch." -> many instances of underwear all together.
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Henry Tickner
Sylvan Korvus <syl...@nospam.home.com> writes
>Now Mr. Mui, you post a plentitude of questions; are you sincerely
>interested in the answers, or are you just trying to waste people's time?
It is Bun. It is OUR Bun. That is all you need to know.
(But two other things you might want to know are how to spell
"plenitude" and how to operate a kill-list. And one thing you probably
don't know is the gender of Bun, as citizen Mui transcends such things.)
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