Having enough neuroses of my own, I will not be accountable for yours. 
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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.
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.
No problem. Follow up suggestion: Perhaps you should suggest your friends read more carefully.
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).
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).
I cannot claim absolute knowledge of US usage but, yeah, that usage of "fit" sounds British (or at least not Standard American, and I do know Standard American well from long experience, though I REFUSE to play Flannery so do not even freakin' ask.
) "Bird" is only advisable when making a double (or more) entendre out of the old saw that "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."