Hi! > I think I used the wrong word. It should have been "swank", not > "swanky", so I think I should have said "one of Toronto's swankest > communities". An on-line dictionary defines it as "1. Imposingly > fashionable or elegant; grand. > 2. Ostentatious; pretentious." > > I think of it as "rich"
Roger that. > The place we're in is anything but rich or swank, but the > neighbourhood is one of Toronto's richest - we're in the midst of > mansions, and when I step out my front door, I'm at risk of being run > over by Aston-Martins and Bentleys. 'Martins are cool. Bentleys are too... >> Axe like in "behead"? Bad idea methinks... > <snip> > > No, "axe" as in urban slang for "ask". It's my way of paying homage > to hip-hop culture, homies. <g> When you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your head... Right? Well, no non-native speaker can ever reach the level of control and fluency of a real native speaker... Don't you ever try to compete with me in Russian, Frank ;-). Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
