Posted by Ian E-N on July 21, 1999 at 12:59:15 from 148.88.145.178 via proxy halifax.lancs.ac.uk:
In Reply to: Other AR Americanisms posted by Beck on June 16, 1999 at 09:08:17:
I wonder about "John Walker" - Joshua Slocum has
"Had the Spray's mast not been well stepped, however, it would have been "John Walker" when the stay broke. "
in Sailing Alone Around the World chapter XXI - also seem to recall a "faster than you could say John Walker" " somewhere.