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Re the last comment on this, the substack thing is happening because people really want to hear what you have to say.

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Loved this! I had not heard the word “boink” since I was in college. I didn’t know the British had the same word with the same meaning.

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The Sweary Poppins we know and love, no dry history here, unless it's that Saint's dessicated...............❤️💙

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Lol perhaps slightly dry...."beef jerky" at 29 mins or so!! 😮

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Great. I rolled on to this from “In Our Time” on a Roman Emperor. So key question. Is boink v bonk a north south divide thing? Surely boink is derived from sprung mattresses/bedsprings and post dates Charles II?

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This is brilliant, absolutely loved it, one to listen to again.

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