"The Devil" wrote in message
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 07:33:36 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 05:10:10 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

But, in the UK, spotted dick is a kind of pudding. The spots are
currants.

So, I guess you're (sic) idea of "idiomatic expression" differs
from the rest of the known universe, eh Arnold. The rest of us
would just consider "spotted dick" the name of something.

I must admit that did make me laugh rather a lot. One can only guess
what the idiomatic expression 'spotted dick' actually means. I
always thought it was the name of a horrible currant pudding.
Perhaps Arnii is thinking of acned youth.

?????

Good grief, you're dumb. If 'spotted dick' really did mean 'acned
youth' in certain regions of the planet, then it would be an idiom. To
say the *name of something* is an 'idiomatic expression' is really,
really stupid. Spotted Dick is the name of an English pudding. It is
not an 'idiomatic expression' meaning anything else.

Noticing repeated disappearance of relevant quoted test that gives the lie
to everything devil has to say.

Whoda thunk!

;-)