Re: Rained today...


I've heard Jerry-rigged and jury-rigged, but not jimmy-rigged.  I thought
they stemmed from N-rigged, originally and then changed to jerry during
WWII, referring to Germans.

Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rained today...


> > << a jerry-rigged fence around it. >>
> >
> > Jerry-rigged not Jimmy-rigged?
>
> Actually Ceres, I'd guess he meant jury-rigged.  :)
>
> http://www.answerbag.com/q_view.php/9245
>
> Chris (who's a stereotypical computer geek when it comes to language)
>
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