On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:15:39 -0000, Tony Raven wrote:

"Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote in message
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Tony Raven wrote:
... leaves it while they work out what to do, scally comes back ...
^^^^^^
From "rascal"?

In the US, the slang used would probably be "perp".

I think it's short for scallywag.


Whatever, its a Merseyside term for someone up to no good. What its US
equivalent is is not really relevant in UK.rec.cycling in just the same way we
do not need to add sidewalk in brackets every time we mention pavements ;-)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/teens/lads/life...e/scally.shtml

Tony

Actually it's probably a word that was popularised in the US long before
being widely used on this side of the Atlantic.

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