always hated the letters "pt" together in that order
imlad Send a noteboard - 28/10/2012 04:44:29 AM
just always looks (and sounds) so awkward.
And some of my friends are apt to take "apt." as something else, ignoring or just not noticing the period.
But hey, thanks for the suggestion.
So, is it a Britishism to refer to a someone with a great body as "fit" the way I've seen it on Brit TV? Seems clear they intend more that just the person has good physical fitness, that it is a synonym with hot or sexy.
Thankfully, while watching Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, I never got into the Gene Hunt habit of referring to women as "birds" since I realized right away that was a sexist usage. But between those two shows and Hustle, the word "fit" has wormed its way into my mental vocabulary (though I don't use it in speech).
And some of my friends are apt to take "apt." as something else, ignoring or just not noticing the period.
But hey, thanks for the suggestion.
So, is it a Britishism to refer to a someone with a great body as "fit" the way I've seen it on Brit TV? Seems clear they intend more that just the person has good physical fitness, that it is a synonym with hot or sexy.
Thankfully, while watching Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, I never got into the Gene Hunt habit of referring to women as "birds" since I realized right away that was a sexist usage. But between those two shows and Hustle, the word "fit" has wormed its way into my mental vocabulary (though I don't use it in speech).
Death to the Regressives of the GOP and the TeaParty. No mercy for Conservatives. Burn them all at the stake for the hateful satanists they are.
Do us Yanks use too many British terms?
24/10/2012 03:28:53 AM
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I use very few of those terms and thankfully, I'm not a "Yank" or "Yankee"
24/10/2012 03:46:40 AM
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Soccer terms and lack of subject-verb agreement are the worst that I notice.
24/10/2012 05:25:18 AM
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It' called football. You silly americans and your handegg! *NM*
24/10/2012 07:32:47 AM
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There is no disputing that our use of the word football is total nonsense *NM*
24/10/2012 07:48:46 AM
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I may be wrong, but I believe it's called a football because it's 12-inches long.
25/10/2012 07:15:28 PM
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Using a non-Metric system of measurement is total nonsense.
25/10/2012 07:51:27 PM
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I don't think so. Has to do with its historical origins in rugby football. *NM*
25/10/2012 09:17:20 PM
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Regulation balls are shorter than that, and "gridiron" is an unambiguous international term.
26/10/2012 11:41:18 PM
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Re: Soccer terms and lack of subject-verb agreement are the worst that I notice.
24/10/2012 08:22:37 AM
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Affectation almost inherently reflects trying too hard, and imitation is unoriginal.
27/10/2012 12:10:52 AM
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Re: Affectation almost inherently reflects trying too hard, and imitation is unoriginal.
27/10/2012 04:24:26 AM
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Try "apt."
27/10/2012 04:13:18 PM
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always hated the letters "pt" together in that order
28/10/2012 04:44:29 AM
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Having enough neuroses of my own, I will not be accountable for yours.
28/10/2012 01:55:44 PM
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