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Posted by Quintal on October 3, 2007, at 19:47:03
I was reading in the paper where a TV critic in The Sun described Billie Piper as 'ginkish' the other day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/images/2006/10/24/billie_piper_1_470x353_353x470.jpg
I'm just wondering what it means? Any ideas? I was thinking maybe it had something to do with the Christmas Grinch?
http://www.kids-teens.org/color/grinch.gif
http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/12/Grinch.jpgQ
Posted by Racer on October 4, 2007, at 23:27:19
In reply to What is a Gink?, posted by Quintal on October 3, 2007, at 19:47:03
gink (giŋk)
noun
Slang a man or boy, esp. one seen as odd
Etymology: < ? dial. gink, a trick (> Scot ginkie, term of reproach applied to a woman)
That's from http://www.yourdictionary.com/gink
Hope that helps. Also, there's a stats related site I just read about in New Scientist, which I was going to post to you. I think it might have been chance.dartmouth.edu, but I can't find the issue it was in. It's probably worth a look, though, if you're still looking for info on stats.
Posted by Racer on October 4, 2007, at 23:28:14
In reply to What is a Gink?, posted by Quintal on October 3, 2007, at 19:47:03
http://chance.dartmouth.edu/chancewiki/index.php/Main_Page
That's the link. It's a statistics wiki! Enjoy.
Posted by Quintal on October 6, 2007, at 3:33:11
In reply to Re: What is a Gink? » Quintal, posted by Racer on October 4, 2007, at 23:27:19
>Etymology: < ? dial. gink, a trick (> Scot ginkie, term of reproach applied to a woman)
Thank you Racer. Yes, that would make sense - it was a Scottish journalist who wrote it. I suppose the Christmas Grinch link was most likely a co-incidence then.
I got "Statistics Without Tears" and "How to Lie With Statistics" but by the time they came I'd lost interest in what I was doing. I still have that homeopathy article to finish, but I don't suppose it'll ever get done now.
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