From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Dec 26 10:17:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA19513 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 10:17:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA19508 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 10:17:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id LAA13030; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 11:15:10 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19981226105508.0587f170@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 11:04:48 -0700 To: Mark Ovens From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) Cc: Sue Blake , Mike Smith , Greg Lehey , chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3685208E.DE0DD5F@uk.radan.com> References: <4.1.19981225064918.05738f10@127.0.0.1> <4.1.19981224174155.03dd8670@127.0.0.1> <368378AB.969463E2@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981225064918.05738f10@127.0.0.1> <4.1.19981225180656.05a34790@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 05:44 PM 12/26/98 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: >If you wandered around the North West of England where I'm from >originally I hope that you didn't come across the expression "Can I bum >a fag"[1], which has a *totally* different meaning to an American ;-) Several times while I was in England, people did ask me, "Fag?" Yes, had I not understood the local usage, I might not have understood that this was intended to be a friendly offer. On the other hand, as a non-smoker, I found myself distinctly in the minority. I have never seen such a high incidence of tobacco addiction! The Europeans conquered America, but the Native Americans apparently have retaliated by conquering Europe. Even in venues clearly marked as non-smoking (such as the basement of the legendary Tron folk club in Edinburgh), folks couldn't stand the notion of going outside to smoke (or maybe just couldn't wait). They tried, ineffectively, to hide cigarettes, which drove my new wife's allergies crazy. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message