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 > > --- > > > /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ > | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | > | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | > | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| > | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | > | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | > \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
