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Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 11:17:20 -0500
From: "Nutmegger" <nutmegger_7717nopsamo.com>
Subject: Re: 1985 2 door turbo aero silver


"Malcolm" wrote: > >You're going to be told "Sod off" > > > What I said was, in fact true but the intention was good humoured. OK, hard to tell sometimes. > > I remain mostly British. My parents were form Edinburg and Glascow. > And I grew up surrounded by Brits. > I agree with Churchill who said that we were "two great cultures > separated by a common language". What a great quote. > > I do hope that no one follows your suggestionwhich is probably > conversationally close to something like "f--- off" but is a > contraction of "sodomy" or "sodomize'. E-w-w, I didn't know that. I've just heard the term thrown about. >Actually means literally the > same as "bugger off". But buggery has been lost in the antiquity of > the Royal Navy and so the term has lost much of its sting ( I > graduated from The Canadian Naval Academy: Royal Roads). Buggery now > falls under "fraternization" which is still forbidden under the > military code. Well, thanks for the tidbits of info, interesting. > > Sorry "old bean" I did not mean to be taken so harshly. And...nice to see he didn't! > > Malcolm

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