A Conversation for The Origins and Common Usage of British Swear-words
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Divine_Right Started conversation Nov 10, 2005
Odd there's no mention of the difference between the English and American uses of the word "pissed". When Americans say "pissed" they mean angry, whereas in England it would mean drunk. I've seen this difference lead to confusion on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Mrs Zen Posted Nov 10, 2005
There was in the orignial, ( http://www.bethcargill.co.uk/shortwords.shtml ) but Jimster de-scoped it, which he did reflect in the title.
Ben
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Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Nov 10, 2005
Can we be careful with our titles, please? It's a tiny thing, I know, but I've edited the titles in this thread.
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Divine_Right Posted Nov 10, 2005
Sorry, it didn't need to be edited out of the aritcle, I thought it would be okay.
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Mrs Zen Posted Nov 10, 2005
One of the reasons I wrote the article was to try to achieve some sort of consistancy over what does need to be starred and what doesn't.
Seems it's still confusing.
B
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