Comments on: Spambot of the day

By: Rick J

Rick J — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 23:07:39 +0000

The use of visitant as a noun creates some extraordinary images. He just said he is sodding supernatural! Spooky. vis·it·ant [ËˆvizÉdÉnt] NOUN literary a supernatural being or agency; an apparition.

By: Lorenz Gude

Lorenz Gude — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:59:53 +0000

As a New Englander long resident in Australia I like Frog’s analysis. Visitant is peculiar usage that someone from the
subcontenent might use and the use of sodding is is also slightly off – too general – making it seem like your commenter wasn’t the full quid when it comes to the Queen’s English.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 03:13:58 +0000

Nick, just tell them to get off your lawn.

There is an old story about the librettist W. S. Gilbert explaining the importance of using the right idioms for the desired reaction, even though the actual words might, in fact, be synonyms.
“Gilbert’s response to being told they (the words ‘ruddy’ and ‘bloody’) meant the same thing was: “Not at all, for that would mean that if I said that I admired your ruddy countenance, which I do, I would be saying that I liked your bloody cheek, which I don’t.”

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/218729-gilbert-s-response-to-being-told-they-the-words-ruddy-and

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:51:10 +0000

I with this blog had more articles about proper yard maintenance.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:03:07 +0000

Swear words rarely translate well. We hardly ever use them connected to their meaning, and we can’t translate their intensity or affront. I only recently learned that saying f-ck is like breathing in England, but c-nt is the off-limits word.

I think we’re going through a linguistic shock these days caused by instant international communication. A lot of foreigners, English-speaking or otherwise, use f-ck casually. I don’t think we have a go-to “this is the most offensive thing I can say” word right now in the US. Even “MF” has lost its intensity due to the commonness of “F”.

By: Frog

Frog — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:01:06 +0000

Probably by what is called an Asian in England, eh wot?
Because of the “visitant”. Ordinary Brits are unlikely to use that word,IMO.

By: Clovis Sangrail

Clovis Sangrail — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 14:02:55 +0000

“You old sod” and “you old bugger ” can be affectionate in UK parlance as in
“How are you, you old sod?”.

Talking of “plain as a pikestaff” would the phrase “beyond the pale” be understood in the US?

By: OldTexan

OldTexan — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 14:00:49 +0000

I have spent several decades reading military fiction including the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell and of course the characters use sod and sodding along with bloody as curse words. Lot of colorful words used for centuries by folks in the British Isles.

By: billm99uk

billm99uk — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:36:38 +0000

Give me a sodding fag, you bugger!

By: brdavis9

brdavis9 — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:19:48 +0000

Wanker.