Re: sprog

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Urban 
Domeij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geert De Meyer) wrote in message 
> news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > context:
> >
> >  [...] but the general opinion was good riddance to bad rubbish, 'cos
> > he must have been full of bad seed to spawn a sprog like Tom.  [Tom =
> > his son]
> >
> > What does sprog mean?
>
> Isn't it just a typo for sprig?

no; but you did prompt me to wonder about the etymology of "sprog", and 
my English dictionary doesn't even have the word in. I must buy a new 
one.
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sophie