--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What was actually said (and I know because I > said it) was, "Fuck off and die." "Off," dude, > not "you." You are right, that is what you must have said. > There's a difference. I can't tell, I couldn't know, I wouldn't know, I am german, how many American idioms am I suppossed to know. No,it wasn't a threat in the sense that I expected you to come over here and help. But I did think die means die, that is 'dead to me', that is sort of: 'If you were dead it doesn't make any difference.' And that's not nice, even for somebody you don't like > "Fuck off and die" is not really a threat, Michael > It's a common form of dismissal, along the lines > of, "Go forth and multiply elsewhere, somewhere > they actually take people like you seriously." > > :-) :-) :-) > > Michael, if you had misquoted something that > the aforementioned "expert" had said this > egregiously, you *know* how she would have > reacted. She would have questioned your motives, > accused you of having an anti-somethingorother > agenda, and called you a LIAR twelve ways to > Sunday. > > I'll merely suggest 1) that English is not your > native language, and 2) that you tend to over- > react and get a little hysterical and show your > girlyman side when someone doesn't take you > seriously. Take the first point. You have to understand the language in order to know how to react. Why the hell do you throw idioms at a person you know he can't know? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
