Incoming from Tim Connors: > 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!
At least you're on the other side of the world from them both. Here, any time either of them sneezes, we reach for a kleenex. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
