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    Me gal

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    The butler from 'Dinner for One' often says this.
    AuthorAluette01 Feb 10, 19:27
    Suggestionmy girl
    #1AuthorSophie01 Feb 10, 19:29
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    It's worth noting that "me gal" is a working class expression and contrasts with the lady's aristocratic accent.
    #3AuthorRobNYNY01 Feb 10, 19:56
    Suggestionaltes Haus
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    altes Haus - kumpelhaft
    meine Süße - plump-vertraulich
    #4AuthorUlli5701 Feb 10, 20:34
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    Warum steht bei "gal" fast überall Amer.? Dinner for one ist doch britisch.
    #5Author idaia (592475) 29 Jan 14, 21:55
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    Ich kenn's (aus der Literatur) als "nordenglisch" ...

    http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-the-origi...
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    The word gal is a slang term for a girl or female. The word gal got its origin from England. It became a slang term used in place of girl in the 18th century. ...


    ... aber auch Oxford verlegt's über den großen Teich :
    http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/...
    gal1
    noun
    • informal , chiefly North American
    a girl or young woman.


    ... Cambridge legt sich geografisch nicht fest :
    http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/br...
    gal
    noun [C] (GIRL) /ɡæl/ (plural gals) informal or humorous
    › a woman or girl: You're just an old-fashioned gal, aren't you, honey!
    #6Author no me bré (700807) 29 Jan 14, 22:04
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    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_i...
    gal (n.)
    slang pronunciation of girl, 1795, execrated as a Cockney vulgarism. Gal Friday is 1940, in reference to "Robinson Crusoe."
    #7Author dude (253248) 29 Jan 14, 22:12
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    Das Amer. kann also getrost wieder gestrichen werden.
    #8Author idaia (592475) 29 Jan 14, 23:46
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    Naja, gal ist natürlich auch in Nordamerika gebräuchlich und kommt z.B. in zahllosen Schlagertexten vor.

    "No gal made has got a shade on Sweet Georgia Brown"
    #9Authorcodero (790632) 30 Jan 14, 07:52
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    Ja. auch, aber nicht ausschließlich. Woman, tree und popcorn sind auch in Nordamerika gebräuchlich, und trotzdem steht - richtigerweise - nicht Amer. dahinter, weil die Wörter eben auch anderswo gebräuchlich sind.
    #10Author idaia (592475) 30 Jan 14, 11:37
     
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