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#101385 04/22/03 10:36 PM
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the wonderful richness of Blighty's version of our tongue when it comes to insults and invective

Sounds like it could be a compliment.


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Sounds like it could be a compliment.

Nah. Never happen. The insult may be veiled to the point of total obscurity, but it will be in there somewhere, I'm sure.


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The insult may be veiled to the point of total obscurity

I'm just saying that to this invective deprived USn ear it doesn't sound like it need be insulting at all, just from the sound of the words. It sounds even comfortable, something you could put your feet up on and relax.


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It sounds even comfortable, something you could put your feet up on and relax.

Ah, Faldage!...always knew you had a poet in you! Or, as Eugene O'Neill would say, "A Touch of the Poet".



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Then I suppose that if I'm saying that someone is something that one could put one's feet up on and relax, that's not exactly a compliment to the one being referred to as a pillock, right or wrong.


#101390 04/22/03 11:21 PM
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The breadth and grace of your imagery sounded like a compliment to me...and pretty damn soothing!


#101391 04/23/03 08:21 AM
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It sounds even comfortable, something you could put your feet up on and relax.

Are you calling me a poof?


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That one will have sailed right over their heads, Rube...


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Huh! Their loss.


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Oh, I know what a poof is. I finally looked pillock up in my B&M OED and found, a small pill. USns have a very little-used insult pill. I never understood what *it was about either.


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