Posted by dorayme on 07/22/06 23:26

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<NikitaTheSpider-B9C107.13034922072006@news-rdr-02-ge0-1.southeas
t.rr.com>,
Nikita the Spider <NikitaTheSpider@gmail.com> wrote:

> In the USA we would say "chock-a-block" where you have written "chocker
> block". Is your version an Oz spelling or are you due to be hauled up in
> front of the court for assault of an idiom? =) I'm honestly interested
> in the spelling; I'm fascinated by language in general and especially
> the different varieties of English we've concocted.

Here it is often put that a full something (a container, a
cinema, whatever) "is chocker" or "is chockers". Simple as that.

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dorayme

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