origins of "kludge"

Kevin Handy kth at srv.net
Wed Mar 30 09:48:10 CST 2005


Huw Davies wrote:

>
> Well kludge has been in common use in Queensland (Australia) since at 
> least the early 1900s as the name of an outside toilet. This probably 
> pre-dates any computing reference :-)
>
> In Queensland it's pronounced to rhyme with judge,

We know you furriners don't know how to speak english properly, unlike
us Americans [;)], so, how do you pronounce "judge" in Queensland?
joo-j, jud-j, ju-ah-j, ja-j, ???



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