Re: canadian usage

From: Harvey Van Sickle (harvey.news_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 03/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:09:47 GMT

On 17 Mar 2005, Mark Brader wrote

> In the trivia league I play in, we had a round a few weeks ago
> about ten "terms or phrases used exclusively, or nearly
> exclusively, in Canada", based on the Canadian Oxford Dictionary.

-snip-

> 2. This slang word for underpants is probably of Eastern
> European origin.

-snip-
 
> 2. gotch, gotchies, or gonchies

I've never heard of that one. Is it extremely old, regionally
restricted, or very new (that is, within the past 20 years)? 

-- 
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
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