On Jan 4, 2008 12:22 PM, Alok G. Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4 Jan 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > isn't the colloquial usage of "thick" ... simple/naive/dumb ? > I thought that was a colloquialism restricted largely to the > British Isles. I consider it a Britishism, but apparently the American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition does not: thick ADJECTIVE: ... 9. Informal Lacking mental agility; stupid. ETYMOLOGY: Middle English thicke, from Old English thicce. See tegu- in Appendix I.
