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

Tue Apr 13 15:35:10 2004

'Blokes' is never pejorative.

Blokes play Cricket.

Paul ;-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Clute" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [E-Q&A] Re: [SOC] Easter Monday

> 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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