UK episode 13/09/96 - Did Chandler say he was a wank??
Chris Illand
Hi,
Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
what it means in UK colloquial language (for US readers unfamiliar
with our [UK] usage, it refers to one who, shall we say, is a "spanker
of his monkey").
Grateful of all replies, 'specially others who thought they heard what
I heard!!
Steve.
Jyoti
c.il...@seil.almac.co.uk (Chris Illand) wrote:
>Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
>did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
>admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
Well, my gf, me and a mate all thought he said *wank*. As to why - I
haven't got a clue....perhaps he's trying to be cosmopolitan in his
slang?
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and i thought i was the only one who heard that.
ny1 from the states care to enlighten us ...?
B.
On Sun, 15 Sep 1996 12:59:04 GMT, c.il...@seil.almac.co.uk (Chris Illand)
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
>did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
>admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
>
David Knight
Jyoti wrote:
>
> c.il...@seil.almac.co.uk (Chris Illand) wrote:
>
> >Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
> >did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
> >admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
>
> haven't got a clue....perhaps he's trying to be cosmopolitan in his
> slang?
Sounded like it to me. As to why - maybe because he is?
David
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Andy Davidson
ba...@metatron.demon.co.uk (banos) :
>and i thought i was the only one who heard that.
>ny1 from the states care to enlighten us ...?
Not from the US, but I've come across this before (to coin a phrase).
Wank doesn't have the same meaning in the US - I think it means
something along the lines of "dork". Check out the Married...with
Children episode where Peggy reveals her maiden name as Wanker. ;-)
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Peter Moore wrote:
>
> jy...@dial.pipex.com (Jyoti) wrote:
> > c.il...@seil.almac.co.uk (Chris Illand) wrote:
> > >Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
> > >did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
> > >admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
> > Well, my gf, me and a mate all thought he said *wank*. As to why - I
> > haven't got a clue....perhaps he's trying to be cosmopolitan in his
> > slang?
>
> 'wink', which is not 'wank', but is still meaningless, to me anyway.
>
> Cheers,
>
> PT
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I'm pretty sure it was wink, which I assume means schmuck or rat or
something like that, but what was way more blatant was the gag about the
bracelet and his sex life. I think it was pretty obvious he was talking
about wanking("...when I get used to the extra weight I'll be back on
track in no time..."), and I don't think I ever noticed a refernce to
that in an American sitcom before.
But feel free to enlighten me if you have.
James Dowle
Chris Illand writes:
>Hi,
>Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
>did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
>admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
>Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
>not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
>usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
>what it means in UK colloquial language (for US readers unfamiliar
>with our [UK] usage, it refers to one who, shall we say, is a "spanker
>of his monkey").
>Grateful of all replies, 'specially others who thought they heard what
>I heard!!
Definitely "wank" - I was watching with 888 subtitles at the time.
Jim
Raymond Chitolie
On Mon, 16 Sep 1996 15:45:53 +0000, Chris Morgan
<ch...@mogsoft.u-net.com> wrote:
> Peter Moore wrote:
> >
> > jy...@dial.pipex.com (Jyoti) wrote:
> > > c.il...@seil.almac.co.uk (Chris Illand) wrote:
> > > >did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
> > > >admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
> > > haven't got a clue....perhaps he's trying to be cosmopolitan in his
> > > slang?
> >
> > Well, that's what I thought at first, but then I thought he said
> > 'wink', which is not 'wank', but is still meaningless, to me anyway.
> I'm pretty sure it was wink, which I assume means schmuck or rat or
> something like that, but what was way more blatant was the gag about the
> bracelet and his sex life. I think it was pretty obvious he was talking
> about wanking("...when I get used to the extra weight I'll be back on
> track in no time..."), and I don't think I ever noticed a refernce to
> that in an American sitcom before.
>
> But feel free to enlighten me if you have.
It was "wank", but as with some other UK words (like "fanny"), it
is used more innocently (if thats the right word).
I first remember seeing it in on eof the Space Quest games (4 or 5
I think) where it referred to your character being a
"Wank-Meister"...
Any takers for that honorary position?
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mike morris
On the other hand (oo-er) does anyone remember the episode of Mork and
Mindy about 500 years ago featuring a "Mr Wanker"?
Rod Edgar
In article <51h1el$3...@ernie.almac.co.uk>
c.il...@seil.almac.co.uk "Chris Illand" writes:
> Hi,
>
> Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
> did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
> admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
Yup.
> Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
> not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
> usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
> what it means in UK colloquial language (for US readers unfamiliar
> with our [UK] usage, it refers to one who, shall we say, is a "spanker
> of his monkey").
Huh? I thought it was _Ross_ who owned the monkey?!?
:-P
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In article <84286379...@adavids.demon.co.uk>,
Andy Davidson <andyda...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>ba...@metatron.demon.co.uk (banos) :
>
>>and i thought i was the only one who heard that.
>
>>ny1 from the states care to enlighten us ...?
>
>Not from the US, but I've come across this before (to coin a phrase).
>Wank doesn't have the same meaning in the US - I think it means
>something along the lines of "dork". Check out the Married...with
>Children episode where Peggy reveals her maiden name as Wanker. ;-)
And her family is from Wanker County...
Smid
Chris Harrison
Chris Illand wrote:
> Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
> did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
> admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
You're not the only ones, there were three of us watching it and were
equally surprised! (We weren't sad enough to rewind, though :-)
> Grateful of all replies, 'specially others who thought they heard what
> I heard!!
It is strange though, because AFAIK it's not even a word in the US, all
of my American friends have had to have it explained to them (when the
need arose). Maybe it was just something else that sounded the same, or
maybe the scriptwriters just didn't know it's precise usage, merely knew
it as something we say .....
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Chris Webb
: Chris Illand writes:
: >Hi,
: >Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
: >did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
: >admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
: >Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
: >not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
: >usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
: >what it means in UK colloquial language (for US readers unfamiliar
: >with our [UK] usage, it refers to one who, shall we say, is a "spanker
: >of his monkey").
: >Grateful of all replies, 'specially others who thought they heard what
: >I heard!!
I've seen the episode about 8 times, and he says wank. I've used it before
I heard it on the show to mean dork, jerk, etc. Until reading this, I
never knew of the UK meaning. Over here, as far as I know, it doesn't mean
the same thing. If it does, my friends must think I'm insane.
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Peter Moore
> >did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
> >admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
> haven't got a clue....perhaps he's trying to be cosmopolitan in his
> slang?
Well, that's what I thought at first, but then I thought he said
'wink', which is not 'wank', but is still meaningless, to me anyway.
Cheers,
Will
In article <323c2b8f...@newnews.dial.pipex.com>, Jyoti
<jy...@dial.pipex.com> writes
>c.il...@seil.almac.co.uk (Chris Illand) wrote:
>
>>Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
>>did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
>>admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
>
>Well, my gf, me and a mate all thought he said *wank*. As to why - I
>haven't got a clue....perhaps he's trying to be cosmopolitan in his
>slang?
>
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-- Yep, it was Wank alright, he said Wank wank wank wank wankty wank!!Sorry, I
got a little strange there for a minute, I do that sometimes, just ignore it.
Will
Jim Hanner
>Hi,
>
>Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
>did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
>admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
Certainly sounded like "wank" to us. Sorry - didn't video it.
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John J Smith (J.J....@ftel.co.uk) wrote:
: In article <84286379...@adavids.demon.co.uk>,
: Smid
So what does it mean on the other other (repetition intentional) side
of the world, then? When Paul Hogan used to do his Australian TV show
(before the days of Crocodile Dundee and his film career), he used to do
skits featuring a stuntman character, and I'm sure this character's name
was Leo Wanker.
Any thoughts?
Andrew Burford.
Paul Copsey
Chris Webb (cjw...@unix.amherst.edu) wrote:
: I've seen the episode about 8 times, and he says wank. I've used it before
: I heard it on the show to mean dork, jerk, etc. Until reading this, I
: never knew of the UK meaning. Over here, as far as I know, it doesn't mean
: the same thing. If it does, my friends must think I'm insane.
Or that you have a bit of a problem ;-)
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Ian Collier
In article <51l389$e...@percy.cs.bham.ac.uk>, burf...@sun1.bham.ac.uk wrote:
> When Paul Hogan used to do his Australian TV show
>(before the days of Crocodile Dundee and his film career), he used to do
>skits featuring a stuntman character, and I'm sure this character's name
>was Leo Wanker.
>Any thoughts?
My thought is that he was using it in the same sense we understand it.
After all, it was a comedy sketch show and in the UK it was shown rather
late in the evening.
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Rod Begbie
In article <51h1el$3...@ernie.almac.co.uk> c.il...@seil.almac.co.uk (Chris Illand) writes:
>Hi,
>
>Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
>did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
>admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
>
>I heard!!
That's what I thought too.
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burf...@sun1.bham.ac.uk (Mr AR Burford) wrote:
>When Paul Hogan used to do his Australian TV show
>he used to do skits featuring a stuntman character,
>and I'm sure this character's name was Leo Wanker.
Ah! The subtlety of the man's humour. I am chastened and bowed.
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aoife
Well steve,as far as I could tell that's exactly what he did say......I was wondering
the same thing myself!!
>Hi,
>
>Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
>did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
>admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
>
>not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
>usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
>what it means in UK colloquial language (for US readers unfamiliar
>with our [UK] usage, it refers to one who, shall we say, is a "spanker
>of his monkey").
>
>I heard!!
>
>
>
>s.cr...@skye.almac.co.uk
>
reland
Steve Nickerson
Yep he said "Wank". I remember distinctly as I thought it was quite funny. I'm from the U.S. and to me, IMHO, the way he said it was like saying he was a prick or a dick, but you can't quite say that on T.V. so they used wank. So in a way it does mean the same thing. I've heard it as the meaning mentioned below too. We seem to be borrowing quite a lot from other countries for slang, of course look at our language too, lots of differnet origins.
Steve Nickerson
(Anxiously waiting for Thursday nite when the Season Premier runs)
> did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
> admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
> it refers to one who, shall we say, is a "spanker of his monkey".
MR Mark Treglown
I remember an interview with Phil Collins (of Phil Collins' Genesis fame) on his
time as a guest star on Miami Vice playing a drug dealer (really?). One of his
lines when talking with Crockett and Tubbs was 'You must think I'm a right
wanker.' Questioning the scriptwriters about whether they _really_ wanted him
to say the line as written, he got the clear impression that they had no idea
what the word meant (or at least of its English semantics).
Is there a form of smart drug on the market that will free up the memory
wasted remembering this?
Just thought I'd share.
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aoife
Well steve,as far as I could tell that's exactly what he did say......I was wondering
the same thing myself!!
Felicia Bartlett
Hi gang,
> So what does it mean on the other other (repetition intentional) side
> (before the days of Crocodile Dundee and his film career), he used to do
> skits featuring a stuntman character, and I'm sure this character's name
> was Leo Wanker.
As I come from the same country as PH, I can clear things up and tell
you, decisively, that, yes, it most certainly means the same as it does
in UK - for one to "slap the salami" so to speak (not sure of a
eupohomism for females). We do also tend to use it playfully as a name
for a dork, or an idiot - ie "gee, you're a wanker", so that may help to
clear up the orignal question - although I wasn't aware they used ANY
form of that word in their slang.
Hope I've been some help :-)
Felicia (who is OVERJOYED that channel 7 has FINALLY come to their
senses and started airing Friends AT LAST !!!:-D)
Gary Turner
>As I come from the same country as PH, I can clear things up and tell
>you, decisively, that, yes, it most certainly means the same as it does
>in UK - for one to "slap the salami" so to speak (not sure of a
>eupohomism for females). We do also tend to use it playfully as a name
>for a dork, or an idiot - ie "gee, you're a wanker", so that may help to
>clear up the orignal question - although I wasn't aware they used ANY
>form of that word in their slang.
It was used 3 times in one of NBC's premieres last night (Suddenly Susan
perhaps?), so it looks like it could become a popular phrase over here.
Seems to mean 'inconsiderate bastard' in a friendly kinda way.
>Hope I've been some help :-)
>Felicia (who is OVERJOYED that channel 7 has FINALLY come to their
>senses and started airing Friends AT LAST !!!:-D)
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As a UK expat I use the word all the time here and its great 'coz no one
knows what it means...
david jones
Rod Begbie (cee...@cee.hw.ac.uk) wrote:
: In article <51h1el$3...@ernie.almac.co.uk> c.il...@seil.almac.co.uk (Chris Illand) writes:
: >Hi,
: >
: >Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
: >admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
: >Grateful of all replies, 'specially others who thought they heard what
: >I heard!!
: That's what I thought too.
It showed up in the new Brooke Shields comedy vehicle last night.
Possibly the US has adopted the UK meaning of 'useless git' without
reference to the activity behind it. Not to be confused with 'wonk'
meaning an expert on something normal people consider above/beneath
them.
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Despina Christodoulou
Hi,
I'm a UK viewer too, and I'm sure I heard Chandler say 'fuck', as in
'Don't look at me, he's [Joey] the one who wants to fuck the madwoman
[Brooke Shields]' in the bumper double episode a couple of weeks ago. Am
I right, or do I have filthy ears?
Des
In article <51h1el$3...@ernie.almac.co.uk>, c.il...@seil.almac.co.uk
(Chris Illand) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
> did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
> admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
>
> Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
> not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
> usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
> what it means in UK colloquial language (for US readers unfamiliar
> with our [UK] usage, it refers to one who, shall we say, is a "spanker
> of his monkey").
>
> Grateful of all replies, 'specially others who thought they heard what
> I heard!!
>
> Steve.
>
>
> s.cr...@skye.almac.co.uk
PY
Despina Christodoulou wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a UK viewer too, and I'm sure I heard Chandler say 'fuck', as in
> 'Don't look at me, he's [Joey] the one who wants to fuck the madwoman
> [Brooke Shields]' in the bumper double episode a couple of weeks ago. Am
> I right, or do I have filthy ears?
> > Des
Filthy ears. I think he said something like "He's the one who wants to
boff (or something close to that) the maniac." I hope our censorship
levels haven't fallen to that level :-)
-PY
Jerry Morgan
Nigel Pond <pon...@wmvx.lvs.dupont.com> wrote:
>As a UK expat I use the word all the time here and its great 'coz no one
>knows what it means...
It was used repeatedly on "Suddenly Susan" in reference to the guy she
left at the altar. I wonder if other networks are using it or of it's
just an NBC thing.
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Donn Stuart Thomson
I AM from the US, and yes, "wank" in this context means dork, jerk,
etc. What would Chandler being a wank mean in the UK?
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Peter Moore
Donn Stuart Thomson <don...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> I AM from the US, and yes, "wank" in this context means dork, jerk,
> etc. What would Chandler being a wank mean in the UK?
Well, it wouldn't make much sense as "to wank" means "to masturbate"
and therefore he would be a "wanker" not a "wank".
[Hey! It's great to be able to use those words and not feel guilty
because it's educational. Just like those films they show you in
school, of people having sex, which would only be 'under the counter'
quality if shown anywhere else!]
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[Followups to uk.misc]
Peter Moore wrote:
> [Hey! It's great to be able to use those words and not feel guilty
> because it's educational. Just like those films they show you in
> school, of people having sex, which would only be 'under the counter'
> quality if shown anywhere else!]
They never showed any at my school. Did I have a deprived childhood?
Guy Barry
Anna Warman
In article <325A3AB3...@cybercity.westnet.net.uk>
gba...@cybercity.westnet.net.uk "Guy Barry" writes:
No, Guy. Sounds like Peter led a depraved one.
ANNA, who is reminded about the time when the whole of the fifth form were
trooped off to the local cinema to see Walkabout (it was on the Eng Lit
curriculum at the time) and recalls those underwater scenes and their
effect on the male element of the audience.
A. CARRILLO
On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Guy Barry wrote:
> [Followups to uk.misc]
>
> Peter Moore wrote:
>
> > [Hey! It's great to be able to use those words and not feel guilty
> > because it's educational. Just like those films they show you in
> > school, of people having sex, which would only be 'under the counter'
> > quality if shown anywhere else!]
>
> They never showed any at my school. Did I have a deprived childhood?
>
> Guy Barry
>
>
I did have some sex education flicks at my school, but everyone wasn't
serious, they were all giggling and laughing......I was taking notes.
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Anna Warman
In article <844922...@sv.span.com> Sh...@sv.span.com "Shez" writes:
> Anna Warman <AN...@warman.demon.co.uk> writes:
> >
> > ANNA, who is reminded about the time when the whole of the fifth form were
> > trooped off to the local cinema to see Walkabout (it was on the Eng Lit
> > curriculum at the time) and recalls those underwater scenes and their
> > effect on the male element of the audience.
>
> You missed the chance to say "male members" there.
LOL!!
Well, you got it in instead. :)
ANNA, who must have been tired to miss that one!
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Your Honour, on Tue, 08 Oct 96 18:10:41 GMT, Anna Warman
<AN...@warman.demon.co.uk> alleged:
>ANNA, who is reminded about the time when the whole of the fifth form were
>trooped off to the local cinema to see Walkabout (it was on the Eng Lit
>curriculum at the time) and recalls those underwater scenes and their
>effect on the male element of the audience.
Oh, that's nothing. My English teacher played us the Zeferelli (sp?) of
Romeo and Juilet, complete with half the sonnets taken out, and an utterly
gratuitous fight scene and of course the obligatory nude scene put in instead,
of Juliet *after* she'd spent the night with Romeo. Plus she was only 14, but
still seemed fairly well equipped for someone within that department. You could
have dropped a pin in the room - it might have deflated some things...
BBC adaptations just didn't seem the same after that.
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> Hi,
>
> Apologies if my hearing was failing me (and also my girlfriend) but
> did Chandler claim that he was a wank, when he was caught by Joey
> admitting that he didnt like the 'Buddy' bracelet gift???
>
> Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
> not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
> usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
> what it means in UK colloquial language (for US readers unfamiliar
> with our [UK] usage, it refers to one who, shall we say, is a "spanker
> of his monkey").
>
> Grateful of all replies, 'specially others who thought they heard what
> I heard!!
>
> Steve.
>
>
> s.cr...@skye.almac.co.uk
I saw the episode and yes he did say wank. Hope I could help.
Vidcapper
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham
Calum
>> not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
>> usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
>> what it means in UK colloquial language
on visits to America in the 90's, as they thought (or had been told by
some visiting wag) that it was just a cute British term of endearment.
Rob Chambers
from Wanker County), which must have been deliberately chosen, in a
"getting crap past the radar" sense.
Checking TV Tropes, it was also the name of Mindy's landlord in "Mork &
Mindy":
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Radar/LiveActionTV
Col
> On 15/04/2016 01:18, dzi...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>> Please, if anyone has it on tape, play it back and see if he did or
>>> not. As far as I know from US relations and friends, wank is not a
>>> usual expression in the States, and if it is, it surely can't mean
>>> what it means in UK colloquial language
>
> Given the era, it could well do... I remember starting to hear "wanker"
> on visits to America in the 90's,
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Col
