Four Random Questions

[Cynical Ninja]

'Ey! Don't make fun of the NY accent.

Isn't it funny coming from the Brits how our language is fucked up? These are people who call underpants Knickers, all vacuums are referred to as Hoovers, injections are "jabs", and a cup of coffee or tea is not a 'cuppa'.

Tea time for many is now referencing dinner and not tea except for the 'higher classes' or more traditional English folks.

Arse is not ASS. It is some demented way of softening up the word so it does not look like a cuss of any sort and the same goes for bullocks and bloody.

Is always makes me lol, when fucking yanks criticise the English for speaking what is in reality proper English.
All the changing of spellings and meanings and words is you bastardizing the language we gave you, and don't you fucking forget it you septic mongrel.

[Cynical Ninja]

'Ey! Don't make fun of the NY accent.

Isn't it funny coming from the Brits how our language is fucked up? These are people who call underpants Knickers, all vacuums are referred to as Hoovers, injections are "jabs", and a cup of coffee or tea is not a 'cuppa'.

Tea time for many is now referencing dinner and not tea except for the 'higher classes' or more traditional English folks.

Arse is not ASS. It is some demented way of softening up the word so it does not look like a cuss of any sort and the same goes for bullocks and bloody.

lol even the French use contractions

'Bloody' is actually a pretty nasty curse word though... it refers to a woman's menstrual cycle. You would think Americans would have a curse word for that as well, considering that we do for pretty much everything else.

Wrong.

Bloody is one of the mildest curse words in the English language, even my daughter uses it sometimes and I don't deem it serious enough to really admonish her for it.

Yet another national stereotype put to bed forever.

[LuMPyPussy]

'Ey! Don't make fun of the NY accent.

Isn't it funny coming from the Brits how our language is fucked up? These are people who call underpants Knickers, all vacuums are referred to as Hoovers, injections are "jabs", and a cup of coffee or tea is not a 'cuppa'.

Tea time for many is now referencing dinner and not tea except for the 'higher classes' or more traditional English folks.

Arse is not ASS. It is some demented way of softening up the word so it does not look like a cuss of any sort and the same goes for bullocks and bloody.

lol even the French use contractions

'Bloody' is actually a pretty nasty curse word though... it refers to a woman's menstrual cycle. You would think Americans would have a curse word for that as well, considering that we do for pretty much everything else.

Strange, I heard it was more historical.

[Momster]

You fuckers seriously arguing about the origins of a word?

Holy shit, this place is getting a little too lame for ME... and I am very easily entertained.

[SyberBitch]

Wrong.

Bloody is one of the mildest curse words in the English language, even my daughter uses it sometimes and I don't deem it serious enough to really admonish her for it.

Yet another national stereotype put to bed forever.

Doh!! Well, put to bed in MY mind at least... unless you're just fucking with us.

Ok, so I got that information from my ex who spent a few years in England. I actually USE the word 'bloody' on a fairly regular basis, so once when he heard me saying it, he gave me shit about it, saying Brits considered it a really foul word, akin to the way Americans categorize 'fuck' or 'cunt' and that I should be careful not to use it around Brit friends.

Sorry for the misunderstanding and thanks for clearing that up. I shall feel free to use the word 'bloody' when I feel so moved.

[SyberBitch]

You fuckers seriously arguing about the origins of a word?

Holy shit, this place is getting a little too lame for ME... and I am very easily entertained.

Etymology is a very interesting subject for those interested in language.