Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 07:43:56 -0600 (CST)
From: Tina Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LIB] O/T Libretto110 MP3

Thanks for the clarification.  Those sorts of
subtleties are often lost on English as a 
Second Language speakers ;-)

On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Raymond wrote:

> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:55:51 +0800
> From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [LIB] O/T Libretto110 MP3
> 
> At 06:41 AM 20/02/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 07:20:33 -0600 (CST)
> >From: Tina Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: [LIB] O/T Libretto110 MP3
> >
> >"buggerall" is brit for "no f__king" (in american)
> >
> >yippee, i'm bilingual...
> 
> Don't get too happy ... in Australian its closer to 'very little' and nowhere near 
>as rude ... professors can get away with saying 'You can discard that term, its 
>pretty much buggerall' but saying '... its pretty much no f__king' not only sounds 
>weird, it'll get them into trouble!
> 
> Having said that, I have heard that during the 2k Sydney Olympics, one of the 
>catchcries in the US was "Don't Bonk" ... slogans of that nature appeared on a 
>variety of merchandise that unsuspecting American tourists wore around Sydney Olympic 
>Park. That elicted real weird responses here because in Australia (and until I saw 
>that advertisment, I assumed this was the same in America), 'bonk' == 'f__k' ... so 
>"Don't Bonk" really DOES mean "No F__king"!
> 
> 
> - Raymond
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