Welcome back, Brian, I was getting worried about you!
When you say "that's my possie" (no self respecting Aussie
would say "that is") you mean that's my position. It's
usually used in the phrase "Mind my possie" when you
want someone to mind your seat, or place, while you
go away for a few minute
I have only just resubscribed and have come in on this "possie" By one
definition I am a Possie, ie a naturalized Australian from England.
But my understandung of the owrd is that it is a "place" ie that (pointing
to a seat) is my possie (pronounced pozzy)
Or when passing your house you might s
>>I thought Joy's definition referred to 'posse' (pronounced possie) as in
>>'we're going to organize a posse'
>I never swore fealty to Samuel Johnson -- I'll stick an "i" in if I want
>to.
But do you pronounce it pos-sie or paw-see ? ;)
--
bye for now
Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada)
C
> >Could someone tell me what I have missed. What is a possie? What is the
> >derivation of the word?
>
> It's from "possum comitatus" and refers to a group of temporarily-deputized
> citizens on horseback.
?? In any case, my dictionary has "posse" (no "i") and "posse comitatus",
no possum (or op
Which of course Noelene is why I didn't say "cossie", you've seen me in one,
and there is no way that is going public. Actually I was using Canuck
(which is a slang term for Canadian) with the Aussie. Ca-ussie.
Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia
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Hi everyone
I thought Joy's definition referred to 'posse' (pronounced possie) as in
'we're going to organize a posse'
--
bye for now
Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada)
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> At 05:48 PM 2/17/04 -0500, Judith Bongiovanni wrote:
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> >Could someone tell me w
At 05:48 PM 2/17/04 -0500, Judith Bongiovanni wrote:
>Could someone tell me what I have missed. What is a possie? What is the
>derivation of the word?
It's from "possum comitatus" and refers to a group of temporarily-deputized
citizens on horseback.
--
Joy Beeson
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Could someone tell me what I have missed. What is a possie? What is the
derivation of the word?
Judy in Niagara Falls
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