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Brian Whatcott Brian Whatcott is offline
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Gogarty wrote:
... what does "het" mean?

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It's "het up." Het by itself means nothing. To get "all het up" is to get all
worked up over something trivial.


Past tense of heat = heated, het, het up ??
pt of meet = met, met up
pt of say = said
pt of weave = wove
pt of speak = spoke, spoke up, spake
pt of break = broke, brake ??
pt of brake = braked
pt of shine = shone, shined, shined up
pt of cleeve = cloven, cleft, cleeved ???
pt of slide = slid
pt of hide = hid , hid up ??

There's nowt so funny/queer/weird as folks....