RE: [DL] RE: spelling [OT]

["Jon and Cal" <jonandcal@clara.co.uk>]

Wash your mouth out with soap & water!

Twat has too meanings. The meaning I was using is the same as PLONKER,
PILLOCK, WASSOCK and PRAT.

Ie.  stupid fool.

Thanks
Jon.

-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-deadlands@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net] On
Behalf Of Nick Zachariasen
Sent:	02 March 2000 19:48
To:	deadlands@gamerz.net
Subject:	Re: [DL] RE: spelling [OT]

> Well, CENTER, COLOR and ARMOR aren't in mine! (But we always knew you
yanks
> couldn't spell !!! ;-) )
>
> Whinge is a perfectly understood word over here in England as well as
> Australia. I don't know if it's in the dictionary, but I doubt if
(CENSORED),
> Plonker or Pillock are either. :)

Well, (CENSORED) is in mine (though I don't think it's allowable on this
list), but Plonker and Pillock aren't.

> Thanks
> Jon "You should here what fanny means over here!"

I know what it means.  We recently studied in History of the English
Language class how some word in other countries mean radically different
things, and that was one of them.  For those of you who don't know, see
(CENSORED) above.

Nick "I told you I'm an English major" Zachariasen

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