h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Congratulations Englander -

As principal of the h2g2 TyPolytechnic (http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A575912) I am delighted to report that you have been awarded the degree of BAT (Bachellor of Alternative Typography). May your efforts in the cause of liberated spelling long continue. Details of your award can be found on the TyPoly page.

Ugi

Tell me, Ugi, what´s the "funny or baffeling" about that bit I wrote? I was pretty that night (not hoping to relive that experience in the near future)...

I thought I´d be awarded something because T speaks such "exelent Dinglisch...

U no, ze won hou häz ze tschörmen äkzent...

Hi Englander,

Your English is great and much better than my German, it is just that you chose a slightly unfortunate word.

To bug - is to pester or annoy
To bugger - is a sexual practice that I cannot describe in detail in h2g2 without being moderated.
So when you said that you could not keep "buggering" Hati, you were saying that you could not keep having sex with her in a way that is most often practiced by gay men.
I hope you don't object to the award but I will remove you from the list if you wish.
See ya'
Ugi

PS Sorry about the slow reply - I was on holiday until today.

Ah, it´s one of those things. Like in Germany. When I was a kid, to use the word "Geil" was not at all a good thing to do, as it simply ment "sexually atraktive". Now anything is "Geil", i.e. Wow that apple just tastes geil... And if you have a look into history, you find that all that Geil ment in the middle ages was "very sweet" (that marmalade is realy geil...)...


And I thought bugger was just something deriving from to bug someone Now I know...

It´s O.K., but perhaps you could state, that I formulated it in utter ignorance

No probs - will edit it at lunch time

Ugi