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-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Peter Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 24. joulukuuta 2003 14:09 Aihe: Re: OT - Decerebrate Turnip >There is a town in Southern Germany called, Wank. > >JFK got gently laughed at for his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" line. (In >German a Berliner is a doughnut.) > >It's a pity (insert name of least favourite politician here) doesn't go to >Wank and tell the world what they already know. > >Peter > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pat White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 3:38 AM >Subject: Re: OT - Decerebrate Turnip > > >> Funny thing, that word "wanker". In England, it's an fight-provoking >> insult. To a North American, the equivalent word would be "jerk-off". >Over >> here in Canada, the word "wanker" is an amusing British import used to >mean >> "twit", or something similar. It's not that offensive. >> >> A Toronto radio station with call letters CFNY, or NY for short, called >> their baseball team the NY Wankees, and their playing field Wankee >Stadium. >> So there ya go. >> >> Pat White >> >> >
