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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: spots/zits #46367 11/01/2001 3:25 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Yes, Jo, you are correct that if you referred to a zit as a spot in the US, no one would know what you are talking about. John Cleese's "spotty twit" would be translated into USnese as "zit-faced nerd." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/31/2001 10:13 AM Re: Triboluminescence Bingley 10/31/2001 10:25 AM Re: Triboluminescence RhubarbCommando 10/31/2001 1:33 PM Re: spots jmh 10/31/2001 10:42 PM Re: spots/zits Bobyoungbalt 11/01/2001 3:25 AM Re: Triboluminescence Flatlander 10/31/2001 1:24 PM Re: Triboluminescence Keiva 10/31/2001 7:12 PM Re: Triboluminescence wwh 10/31/2001 9:35 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/31/2001 10:45 PM Re:Bioluminescence wwh 10/31/2001 11:19 PM lilies of troy 11/01/2001 4:52 PM Re: lilies wwh 11/01/2001 5:44 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 11/01/2001 6:56 PM Re: lilies of troy 11/01/2001 7:38 PM Re: lilies wwh 11/01/2001 7:56 PM Re: lilies of troy 11/01/2001 8:08 PM Re: lilies jmh 11/02/2001 9:32 AM Re: daylilies and tiger lilies Keiva 11/02/2001 10:14 PM Re: daylilies and tiger lilies maverick 11/02/2001 11:16 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 11/03/2001 12:21 AM Re: Triboluminescence Wordwind 11/10/2001 2:48 AM Re: Triboluminescence TEd Remington 11/02/2001 5:52 PM Re: Triboluminescence wwh 11/02/2001 6:01 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,481 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,285 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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