Sinister: swearing & fags

[eeyore's tail]

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
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