On Sunday 04 March 2007, Aaron Konstam wrote: >On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 03:54 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Aaron Konstam wrote: >> > On another level. I find grub better then lilo but if people on this >> > list don't agree with people like Res they can well control >> > themselves from ad homonym arguments. Saying he posted while drunk >> > is unacceptable in my view. >> >> Ahhh...he said he was pissed...which in his neck of the woods means >> "drunk". So, did he do something unacceptable? Or, am I wrong for >> point out the meaning of "pissed" in his context? >> >> BTW, I've posted while drunk, under the influence, pissed, or whatever >> euphemism you'd prefer. But, each time I knew my situation and took >> care to edit a bit more carefully than normal. > >I have no idea whether Res was drunk. BUt pissed also means very angry >where I come from. I, an english only speaking american, would also tend to interpret it in that light. And you are really, really, miffed when you spell it pi$$ed. :-) However, Res's spelling is rather atrocious, so it could be interpreted either way. Perhaps english is not his native tongue though, so we are used to decoding such messages into something that at least appears lexically correct most of the time. >-- >Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
