On Tue, 7 May James B Gill wrote...0
quoted 7 lines Hello, has anyone from england heard of the word "Gurner?" I was reading
> Hello, has anyone from england heard of the word "Gurner?" I was reading
> my last edition of Muzik magazine(a damn fine mag) and came across a page
> with a caption reading, "Gurner of The Month" and showing a guy who was
> totally wasted. I then went back and read other editions, looking for
> the previous "Gurners of the month", and most looked like they took one
> too many E's. So, does Gurner mean someone who is really wasted, or just
> an out of the ordinary looking individual? Cheers.
Well I'm from South Africa and most people I know talk about gurning
out to fine techno music. In fact I remember a local magazine review
of one of the Underground Raves I produced back in '93 mentioned that
people were gurning to the music...
I guess down south in Elephant Overload Land "Gurning" means to trip
out to cool music. I think the term is a Brit import tho'.
On the subject of Brit words and terminology it's really weird that
in South Africa the terms seem to mutate and take on local meanings.
Like Bong -> U.K. it's what we in S.A. call a Hubbly
-> S.A. it's what the U.K people call a reefer
Kif ek se!
Matthew
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