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Title: 'ave a dekko at this then...
Post by: Bic on June 13, 2013, 10:34:42 AM

"Have a dekko"

Meaning

Have a look.

Origin

Those of you who speak English but don't live in England may not have come across this expression before and even there it is now rather archaic. Nevertheless, I like to help keep such expressions alive, so here's the derivation...


http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/have-a-dekko.html

Title: Re: 'ave a dekko at this then...
Post by: fightingquaker13 on June 13, 2013, 11:11:52 AM

I'll take archaic and obscure British slang for a thousand Alex. ;D

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Post by: tombogan03884 on June 13, 2013, 02:25:58 PM

I took a gander at it .  ;D

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Post by: fatbaldguy on June 13, 2013, 06:17:04 PM

I'll glom onto that.

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Post by: alfsauve on June 13, 2013, 07:00:24 PM

Look see, here.

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Post by: Solus on June 13, 2013, 07:03:06 PM

not gonna pay it much attention.  I have enough problems with English.  ;D