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Gilgamesh
? Posted Jan 24, 2001
So, you've earned "perfection-points" already!
(or are those "Bundy"-points?) 
Gilgamesh - homo or hetero?
You can call me TC Posted Jan 24, 2001
That Gilgamesh guy sounds like one puffed-up-full-of-himself Mummy Look At Me type.
And I realised that about homo and hetero after I posted. What I should have said was, any two words that sound different are surely heterophone?
The perfect male (subject for another thread really, rather a non seq here) - well, Al Bundy I can relate to, but he's still not perfect.
Gilgamesh - homo or hetero?
? Posted Jan 25, 2001
TC is right (about the thread, not necessarily about Gilgamesh or Al Bundy)...
Candy and perfection
Nikki-D Posted Jan 25, 2001
Munchin said "Crikey"
Can't say I've heard that much recently (on the street), so it appears to be slipping out of use.
Can we define it and identify origins before it disappears completely. Is it much used in the Americas ?
Nonce
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 25, 2001
I saw the mis-spelling "pisinterpreted" on a different conversation. It got me to thinking, is the phrase "taking the piss" generally used or is it just Irish English? It means the same as "sending someone up", that is making a fool of someone. If it is a general phrase, then pisinterpretation is very descriptive of what goes on in this thread.
British English
Is mise Duncan Posted Jan 25, 2001
What - a return to the subject?
OK - where do we get the word "kip" meaning to sleep? Is "nap" the nearest US equivalent?
British English
Munchkin Posted Jan 25, 2001
Well I use "taking the piss" in everyday conversation but, as my use of Crikey above shows I may not be following modern conventions.
As to Crikey, I would have thought it was just a nonsense noise written down, like blimey, gosh, jings, ouch, gibber etc.
Nonce
Nikki-D Posted Jan 25, 2001
"taking the piss"
For me means taking advantage too, as in
"are you trying to make be look stupid?"
Don't know if it is used in other large english-speaking populations ...
Nonce
Phil Posted Jan 25, 2001
From where I come from if you're pissed, you're drunk.
If you're pissed off you're upset/annoyed.
If you're taking the piss you're trying to wind someone up.
Pissed and Crikey
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 25, 2001
In the UK, pissed means drunk, but pissed off means upset.
I guess that Crikey is more than just a made-up sound. It is probably from the word "Christ". There are various such words which come from "Jesus Christ": Janey, Criminy, Jiminy Cricket, Jeepers Creepers and so on.
Pissed and Crikey
Phil Posted Jan 25, 2001
Not really. Three out of 3500 isn't massive really. Now the speed at which light travels (down all them fibre optic lines to connect us all to the wonder of H2G2) that is a massive number!
Blatant trumpet blowing
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 25, 2001
Totally off topic (TOT?), I would like to take this opportunity to blow my own trumpet and announce that my "Hedgehogs" article has made the front page! That's my sixth so far this year.
I'm sure my friends on the British English thread will forgive this momentary lapse into egotism.
... reverts to stoic, cynical pedant mode ... reaches for dictionary
Blatant trumpet blowing
Kaeori Posted Jan 25, 2001
Congrats indeed!
Is there a record for having articles accepted within a certain space of time?
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Gilgamesh
- 3521: ? (Jan 24, 2001)
- 3522: You can call me TC (Jan 24, 2001)
- 3523: ? (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3524: Nikki-D (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3525: Gnomon - time to move on (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3526: Is mise Duncan (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3527: ? (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3528: Munchkin (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3529: Nikki-D (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3530: Kaeori (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3531: ? (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3532: Phil (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3533: Nikki-D (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3534: Gnomon - time to move on (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3535: Gnomon - time to move on (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3536: You can call me TC (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3537: Phil (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3538: ? (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3539: Gnomon - time to move on (Jan 25, 2001)
- 3540: Kaeori (Jan 25, 2001)
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