On Tuesday 26 November 2013 10:49:07 Alister did opine: > On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 01:52:11 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 1:37 AM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > >> We live in an international world (otherwise we wouldn't need that > >> annoying unicode stuff). When you say, "effort to be > >> understandable", what you're really saying is, "everybody should be > >> just like me". > >> > >> Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. Or maybe fortunately, > >> since variety and exploring different cultures is part of what makes > >> life interesting. > > > > That said, though, there are a few phrases that we all learn to avoid. > > I'm used to talking about "knocking up" a rough prototype, but when I > > started communicating internationally more, I consciously started > > saying "knocking together" instead, to avoid confusing certain groups > > of people... > > > > ChrisA > > still no chance of bumming a fag then?
Chuckle... Haven't heard that expression since the late '50's. Haven't even carried a pack since '89. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman. -- Honor'e DeBalzac A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
