RE: Pride and Arrogance Re: American Attitudes (wasRe:Hardworking?)

[Charlie Bell]

> At 02:08 AM 6/14/01, Charlie Bell wrote:
>
> >We yet again have more evidence that America is unable to
> comprehend "taking
> >the piss". :o)
>
>
> Hmm.  Over here, we agree that the last word you used means the
> same thing
> it did in the King James Version of the Bible, which was written
> in England
> awhile back.  So howcum the English now think "pissed" means "inebriated"?
>
>
>
>
> -- Ronn!  :)

Same reason american think squash is some sort of vegetable... languages
evole.

"piss" has many meanings in English... um... english english? :o)

Charlie