Re: Scroat or Scrote?

[vitw]

On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:28:47 +1300, Mr. Scooter wrote:

> I was reading my weekly Hauraki bulletin giving the weekly Hauraki news
> and I came across the word "Scroat".
> Some of us use the word often but I had never seen it written down. For
> some reason I had always imagined it was spelled "Scrote" and was a
> contraction of "Scrotum". But now I see it written another way. BTW my
> spell checker wanted to change it to "scrota" Does anyone have any ideas
> on the more usual spelling and why it is spelled that way?

Go with your first instincts, scrote!

[Fred]

"Mr. Scooter" <mr..scooter@fmail.com> wrote in message
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>I was reading my weekly Hauraki bulletin giving the weekly Hauraki news and
>I
> came across the word "Scroat".
> Some of us use the word often but I had never seen it written down. For
> some
> reason I had always imagined it was spelled "Scrote" and was a contraction
> of
> "Scrotum". But now I see it written another way.
> BTW my spell checker wanted to change it to "scrota"
> Does anyone have any ideas on the more usual spelling and why it is
> spelled that
> way?

Google has 23,000 references to scroat.
85,000 to scrote. Neither word is defined.

[vitw]

On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:21:16 +1300, Fred wrote:

> Google has 23,000 references to scroat. 85,000 to scrote. Neither word
> is defined.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scrote

[Enkidu]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scrote
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scroat

Cheers,

Cliff

--

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the same old personalities show through.

[SupergoofNZ]

Mr. Scooter wrote:
> I was reading my weekly Hauraki bulletin giving the weekly Hauraki news and I
> came across the word "Scroat".
> Some of us use the word often but I had never seen it written down. For some
> reason I had always imagined it was spelled "Scrote" and was a contraction of
> "Scrotum". But now I see it written another way.
> BTW my spell checker wanted to change it to "scrota"
> Does anyone have any ideas on the more usual spelling and why it is spelled that
> way?

I would have thought 'scrote' - a contraction of 'scrotum' too (but not
like the contraction of scrotum a bloke gets in cold water ...).

I was hooked on the game 'Fable' the moment a shopkeeper called my
then-child protagonist a "little scrote"!

The term is still in frequent use in our house too (along with "squeaky
little twat-bag" from a brit TV show)

:o)

Rachel

[Nicolaas Hawkins]

On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:09:04 +1300, SupergoofNZ
<thunderbi...@penelope.net> wrote in
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What a delightful household you must have - packed to the rafters with tact
and charm.

--
- Nicolaas

[Fred]

"Enkidu" <enkid...@com.cliffp.com> wrote in message
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> Fred wrote:
>> "Mr. Scooter" <mr..scooter@fmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:u3pns4l3hmgbp89ep...@4ax.com...
>>> I was reading my weekly Hauraki bulletin giving the weekly Hauraki news
>>> and I
>>> came across the word "Scroat".
>>> Some of us use the word often but I had never seen it written down. For
>>> some
>>> reason I had always imagined it was spelled "Scrote" and was a
>>> contraction of
>>> "Scrotum". But now I see it written another way.
>>> BTW my spell checker wanted to change it to "scrota"
>>> Does anyone have any ideas on the more usual spelling and why it is
>>> spelled that
>>> way?
>>
>> Google has 23,000 references to scroat.
>> 85,000 to scrote. Neither word is defined.
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scrote
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scroat
>
> Cheers,

I'm talking about the google definition..

[Rich...@hotmail.com]

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:50:03 +1300, "Fred" <r...@paradise.net.nz>
wrote:

Is google the definitive dictionary now? When did that happen?

[Fred]

<Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Of course it's not. I'm referrring to the google link that takes you to the
dictionary definityion of words, and even pronounces them for you. Most
legitimate words in the English language have links, but not scroat or
scrote.

[Rich...@hotmail.com]

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:52:32 +1300, "Fred" <r...@paradise.net.nz>
wrote:

Scrote has been a legitimate New Zealand English word for years.
Google does not give a definition, but links to sites that may have a
definition. Precision in language is desirable, Fred.

[Fred]

<Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I absolutely agree and didn't say otherwise. I merely said google does not
have its normal definition links.