On 7/12/2023 1:40 p.m., Daud Deden wrote:

On Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 7:14:00 PM UTC-5, Antonio Marques wrote:

Here’s to Daud Deden, of all people. for keeping sci.lang alive!

Obrigado!
(Which I speculate is linked to obligate, where in old westerns, "thanks" is rendered as 'much obliged'.)

A handful of "gimme" and a mouthful of "much obliged"...
I first heard this in a Taj Mahal song, but it's a Black catch-phrase
going back at least to the 1920s.

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