Posted by lyn on March 29, 2006 at 23:18:31 from 198.45.19.38 user LynMellone.
In Reply to: Small measures - Re: posted by Ed Kiser on March 28, 2006 at 18:55:09:
I am hoping some of our posters from across the pond will respond and let us know whether this use of "pat" is just an outdated expression or if it is yet another difference between British English and Mercan (Hint for those who've never seen the name of the latter language: similar evolution as Strine).
I'll fess up and admit that the "little dab'll do ya" jingle runs through my mind every once in a while, though the word "dab" itself is not necessarily the trigger.