[E-Q&A] Re: [SOC] Easter Monday

Tue Apr 13 15:25:00 2004

Now if my paternal grandmother, born and reared in Sheffield, had not been a
late victim of the flu plagues in northern California in the early 1930's, I
probably would have known that! Thanks, blokes (or is that pejorative?). 73
Jan N0AAA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Bartlett" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [E-Q&A] Re: [SOC] Easter Monday

> Current usage isn't nearly so negative.
>
> It's a mild (and fairly friendly) form of abuse. If my best friend did
> something silly, I'd call him a "stupid git". And he'd probably buy me a
> pint.
>
> P :-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Nielsen" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 8:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [E-Q&A] Re: [SOC] Easter Monday
>
>
> Among other definitions from my dictionary software:
>
> From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
>
>   git
>       n : a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
>           "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the
>           bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call
>           a contemptible person a it'" [syn: {rotter}, {dirty
>           dog}, {rat}, {skunk}, {stinker}, {stinkpot}, {bum},
>           {puke}, {crumb}, {lowlife}, {scum bag}, {so-and-so}]
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