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Hi

The action takes place in England. One woman offers the other a lift. She says:

I'll stick to forty all the way.’

Is it 40 kilometers an hour?
 

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Hi

The action takes place in England. One woman offers the other a lift. She says:

I'll stick to forty all the way.’

Is it 40 kilometers an hour?
It's forty miles an hour in England.
 

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I hadn't heard smidge before either. Smidgen, yes!

Sticking to 40mph would either be a bit too fast, just right or far too slow depending on what kind of road you were travelling on.

If that woman offered me a lift and promised to stick to 40mph but I knew we were going to be on the motorway, I'd turn down her offer!!
 

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I didn't use the two-syllable version because I'd no idea how to spell it!

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I didn't use the two-syllable version because I'd no idea how to spell it!

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Snap! I had to check the spelling online - I think I'd always spelt it "smidgin" until I looked it up. It's not one of those words we write down very often, I suppose!
 

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Snap! I had to check the spelling online - I think I'd always spelt it "smidgin" until I looked it up. It's not one of those words we write down very often, I suppose!

I'm sure I've seen that version in some reputable ref. I think I've seen 'smigeon' as well (but maybe that was only in my Tom Lehrer book!). ;-)

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I'm sure I've seen that version in some reputable ref. I think I've seen 'smigeon' as well (but maybe that was only in my Tom Lehrer book!). ;-)

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Smidgeon looks like a suitable name for a very small pet pigeon.:)
 

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I'm sure I've seen that version in some reputable ref. I think I've seen 'smigeon' as well (but maybe that was only in my Tom Lehrer book!).

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Webster's Third gives smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin and :)roll:) smidge.
The OED gives smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smitchin, etc (!) and :)roll:) smidge and smitch.

Dear Dr Johnson gives none of them, though I found these delights while hunting:
To Smeeth or smutch - to smoke, to blacken with smoke
Smicket - The under garment of a woman
Smitt - The finest of the clayey ore, made up into balls, they use for marking of sheep, and call it smitt.

I mention them in case you ever need to talk about such things.
 

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The definition given for smidge in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is smidgen.:lol:
 

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Webster's Third gives smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin and :)roll:) smidge.
The OED gives smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smitchin, etc (!) and :)roll:) smidge and smitch.

Dear Dr Johnson gives none of them, though I found these delights while hunting:
To Smeeth or smutch - to smoke, to blacken with smoke
Smicket - The under garment of a woman
Smitt - The finest of the clayey ore, made up into balls, they use for marking of sheep, and call it smitt.

I mention them in case you ever need to talk about such things.
Thanks - especially for the innocent bystanders. I like 'smutch' - related to 'smut' I imagine (guess[/I, that is]). ;-)

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PS Tangentially (that's Latin for off-topic): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOSYiT2iG08 (Apologies for the ad.)
 
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