Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 00:07:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Anderson <paul@geeky1.ebtech.net> To: Dutch Collins <dutch@charm.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WordPerfect 8 & SGML/DocBook - Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990709000400.2932L-100000@geeky1.ebtech.net> In-Reply-To: <37852871.3C5127EB@charm.net>
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On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Dutch Collins wrote: > > [1] is it ok to say shagged in public if you are not in Great > Britain? > I have the distinct feeling that it carries a much stronger connotation in England than in the US, and the reason americans aren't immensely offended by the Austin Powers movies is that many don't really understand the slang(Austin Powers is, IMHO, a half-wit attempt at comedy that wound up in traditional american style, completely wierd and moronic characters in completely wierd and moronic situations - somewhat reminiscent of Pee Wee Herman). IMHO, it is wisest to refrain from using the term. --- Paul Anderson - Self-employed Megalomaniac paul@geeky1.ebtech.net Member of the Sarnia Linux User's Group http://www.sar-net.com/slug http://zephyr.sellad.on.ca/~paul "The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives." -- Admiral William Leahy, US Atomic Bomb Project. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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