''Bog - standard.''
Don wrote. John, In plain American English can you explain what “bog standard” means? ☺ Don Bryant Sure, Don, one and All, It was only last January ( believe or not ) that I first came accross the description, ''bog - standard,'' while negotiating an oil change for my new BMW ( well, fifteen years old ). My friend, the car mechanic and guitar player, assured me that bog - standard engine oil would be quite OK.....and he should know because his brother, the garage owner, had a similar BMW years back. Now, looking at my Collin's dictionary ( 1992 ) it states ''Bog - standard , adjective. British and Irish slang = completely ordinary; run of the mill.'' But that really ain't the end of it , because, why ''Bog ?'' Further back in Collins:- ''Bog''.( 3 ) A slang word for lavatory ( 13 C from Gaelic, ''bogach''swamp, from ''bog'', soft ) . Bog - standard print paper should not be confused with, ''bog roll '' which has quite a different use in photography, that of cleaning black sticky ink from the fingers when coating. . Strange, the links with mineral oil and laxatives which were mentioned in connection with making paper translucent. See you later. John - Photographist - London - UK .................................................... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Bryant" <dsbryant@bellsouth.net> To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 4:56 PM Subject: RE: ''Oh Baby ! Paraffinum Liquidum. ( Mineral Oil ) says the bottle. John, The printer paper I have treated is the ''bog standard'' type, probably no more than 40 gsm In plain American English can you explain what “bog standard” means? ☺ Don Bryant
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