Tristan Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:53:23 +0100:
> Then of course American English developed its own idioms and useage
> patterns independently from those developed in the UK (eg pissed: in the
> UK it means drunk, in the US it means angry).

And in Australia, you have to grok it from context. Damn you both!

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