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Grex > Agora47 > #173: Why can't America do the "10" commandments? (not what you think) | |
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twenex
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response 75 of 93:
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Nov 20 06:02 UTC 2003 |
oof.
Another good one is "Blow me!", which means "I'm so surprised you could blow
me down!", not the other thing.
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rcurl
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response 76 of 93:
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Nov 20 06:26 UTC 2003 |
The classic British expression "I'll knock you up tomorrow." is also often
misunderstood by Americans.
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twenex
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response 77 of 93:
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Nov 20 06:54 UTC 2003 |
It's also a double entendre over here. These days, if someone said that to
me, I'd assume it to mean I was in for a shagging tomorrow.
Another favourite is "Thankyou for having me", which can mean "thankyou to
inviting me to your house/party, etc., or "thanks for the sex".
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rcurl
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response 78 of 93:
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Nov 20 07:09 UTC 2003 |
I recall hearing the first in ordinary speech in England when I lived
there, but that was in the 60's. Americanization has probably invaded
ever more deeply.
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mynxcat
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response 79 of 93:
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Nov 20 17:12 UTC 2003 |
And something that a lot of Indians needed to stop saying in America
(and I hear the English say the same) - "I'm going out for a fag". The
fag here is a cigarette
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fitz
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response 80 of 93:
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Nov 21 12:37 UTC 2003 |
"Throw another faggot on the fire." [Hedley LaMarr (Harvey Korman) in Blazing
Saddles, stunning his cowboy henchmen.]
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twenex
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response 81 of 93:
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Nov 21 17:04 UTC 2003 |
A fag is a cigarette. A faggot is a piece of brain used as
food.
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willcome
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response 82 of 93:
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Nov 21 19:38 UTC 2003 |
fag.
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aruba
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response 83 of 93:
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Nov 21 20:03 UTC 2003 |
Re #81: Ew.
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fitz
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response 84 of 93:
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Nov 22 13:54 UTC 2003 |
-----a bundle of sticks.
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jaklumen
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response 85 of 93:
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Nov 23 10:37 UTC 2003 |
an older definition, yes.
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willcome
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response 86 of 93:
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Nov 27 09:38 UTC 2003 |
an older whore's a hoary whore.
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other
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response 87 of 93:
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Nov 27 16:17 UTC 2003 |
I think we've got a little wannabe Jack the Ripper here. I'd better
go alert the OPP.
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dcat
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response 88 of 93:
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Nov 28 02:44 UTC 2003 |
what are the Ontario Provincial Police going to do about an insane Englishman?
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twenex
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response 89 of 93:
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Nov 28 03:54 UTC 2003 |
Nothing, since I'm in England...
Doesn't the RCMP police Ontario?
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other
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response 90 of 93:
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Nov 28 08:19 UTC 2003 |
I wasn't referring to twenex.
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twenex
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response 91 of 93:
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Nov 28 14:49 UTC 2003 |
I know...
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dcat
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response 92 of 93:
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Nov 29 17:04 UTC 2003 |
RCMP is the Canadian national police force; OPP is, well, the Ontario
Provincial Police. Not sure if England would have something similar to a
provincial police force, since, as I understand it, England doesn't really
have much similar to provinces. . . .
Not sure about Canada, but in most states, there are city, county, and state
as well as federal police forces. . . in Pittsburgh, most of the
universities, the public housing authority, the public schools, and the
port/transit authority all have their own independent police forces as well.
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rcurl
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response 93 of 93:
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Nov 29 18:25 UTC 2003 |
There are country police forces (constabularies).in England. For example,
http://www.lancashire.police.uk/.
"SERGEANT:
When constabulary duty's to be done.
POLICE:
To be done.
SERGEANT:
Ah, take one consideration with another,
POLICE:
With another,
SERGEANT:
A policeman's lot is not a happy one."
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