Probably right (except for the god-bothering of course ;-)).
Oh, and surely homogeneous AndrewF?
Chris
On 28 Nov 2004, at 9:03, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
> As in 'one who kicks with the wrong foot' - long term usage and
> widespread. Wetre I came from in South lancashire, it may have been
> because most Catholics were Irish Liverpool supporters.
> In he UK and Aus it dates back to when society was fairly culturally
> and racially homogenous and the RC's were all they had when the urge to
> discriminate came over the average bigot.
> AndrewF
> (Anyway, they're all just 'god-botherers' to me, sect irrelevant).
>
>
> On 28/11/2004, at 5:25 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> Roman Catholic. I can't remember how the nickname stuck, but I don't
>> *think* that it is a rude or derogatory one ...
>>
>> Chris
>
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