On Sat, 23 May 1998, Euan Leitch wrote:
On the subject of British swearing: I didn't want to do it, I just couldn't remmember guano. If our bad language sounds cute to those across the pond, why doesn't "motherf*!#@ers sound nice to me?
my biggest pet peeve with american britpoppers who've got union jacks all over everything and call you mate and say cheers is that they persist in calling smokes 'fags', which is fine if you're british, but they are most definitely not. a friend of mine can frequently be heard to announce that he's 'going to pick up some fags' to which i must inevitably reply, 'i can show you a few places to pick up some fags...' or 'i picked up some nice fags last night', which about a third of the time has the desired effect of shutting him up. seamus ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------