From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!bcw Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: Jargon Article-I.D.: duke.2340 Posted: Tue Jul 20 19:53:06 1982 Received: Sun Jul 25 03:49:51 1982 Re: Chaucer Speaking of Middle English, as someone was in this group the other day: He was al coltissh, ful of ragerye, (roguery?) And ful of jargon as a flekked pye. (a magpie) Geoffrey Chaucer, 'The Merchant's Tale'