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JaR
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 Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 7:30 pm Post subject: Get chuffed |
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There's that word again. What was it supposed to chuffing mean, again?
Sun outsources UK support engineers
40 unchuffed techies
7 Jul 2004 16:21
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
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billyw
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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http://english2american.com/dictionary/c.html
as for grow like topsy...
not sure.. best guess is from book..
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| Quote: | There's that word again. What was it supposed to chuffing mean, again?
Sun outsources UK support engineers
40 unchuffed techies
7 Jul 2004 16:21
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
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JaR
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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JaR wrote:
| Quote: | There's that word again. What was it supposed to chuffing mean, again?
Sun outsources UK support engineers
40 unchuffed techies
7 Jul 2004 16:21
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
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And while we're at it. From the same page:
Big.biz still keen to export jobs
Offshoring grows like Topsy
Topsy???
How does one "grow like Topsy"
Who or what is this Topsy?
F'n Brits.
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Lost
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:30 pm Post subject: Get chuffed |
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| Quote: | -----Original Message-----
There's that word again. What was it supposed to chuffing
mean, again?
Sun outsources UK support engineers
40 unchuffed techies
7 Jul 2004 16:21
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
JaR
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From Merriam-Webster on line(www.m-w.com/cgi- |
bin/dictionary)
Main Entry: chuffed
Pronunciation: 'ch&ft
Function: adjective
Etymology: English dialect chuff pleased, puffed with fat
British : PROUD, SATISFIED
Therefor the "unchuffed" techies can't get no satisfaction.
B)
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JaR
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:30 pm Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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Lost wrote:
| Quote: | From Merriam-Webster on line(www.m-w.com/cgi-
bin/dictionary)
Main Entry: chuffed
Pronunciation: 'ch&ft
Function: adjective
Etymology: English dialect chuff pleased, puffed with fat
British : PROUD, SATISFIED
Therefor the "unchuffed" techies can't get no satisfaction.
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I still say brits make stuff up as it pleases them. A short while ago,
one of them used the term as; "Not chuffing likely" or words to that effect.
And I still need a def for "Growing like Topsy" :-D
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poco
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:30 am Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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Illiterate bastard.
Topsy is from an American classic of literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Growing like Topsy means growing uncontrollably, or wild.
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| Quote: | JaR wrote:
There's that word again. What was it supposed to chuffing mean, again?
Sun outsources UK support engineers
40 unchuffed techies
7 Jul 2004 16:21
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
And while we're at it. From the same page:
Big.biz still keen to export jobs
Offshoring grows like Topsy
Topsy???
How does one "grow like Topsy"
Who or what is this Topsy?
F'n Brits.
JaR
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FrisbeeŽ
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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poco wrote:
| Quote: | Illiterate bastard.
Topsy is from an American classic of literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Growing like Topsy means growing uncontrollably, or wild.
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<Golf clap> |
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kpg
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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WTF. Why don't they speak English in England? |
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JaR
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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poco wrote:
| Quote: | Illiterate bastard.
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You better have been smilin' when you typed that, pilgrim.
| Quote: | Topsy is from an American classic of literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Growing like Topsy means growing uncontrollably, or wild.
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I read that book ~40 years ago. But even if I'd read it more recently, I
probably still wouldn't have made that connection.
I still contend that Brits just make that stuff up as needed.
Furrfu!
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JaR
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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billyw wrote:
| Quote: | dunno.. i dont live in england...
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Hah! You can't name a single country where "English" is actually spoken.
Except in small enclaves scattered around in various countries.
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billyw
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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dunno.. i dont live in england...
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billyw
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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oh ans you guys dont..
political correctness for instance..
"he's vertically challenged" rather.. he's a dwarf.. and ugly to boot...
it's a fact, lets not pretend!!!!!
... sorry getting carried away there
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| Quote: | poco wrote:
Illiterate bastard.
You better have been smilin' when you typed that, pilgrim.
Topsy is from an American classic of literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Growing like Topsy means growing uncontrollably, or wild.
I read that book ~40 years ago. But even if I'd read it more recently, I
probably still wouldn't have made that connection.
I still contend that Brits just make that stuff up as needed.
Furrfu!
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JaR
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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billyw wrote:
| Quote: | oh ans you guys dont..
political correctness for instance..
"he's vertically challenged" rather.. he's a dwarf.. and ugly to boot...
it's a fact, lets not pretend!!!!!
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Yabbut "vertically" and "challenged" are at least real words. They don't
lose their meaning until some PC twit sticks em together in the same
sentence. Handicapable for another. Grrr...
Take "waitperson" for example. WTF is that? And why is the plural not
"waitpeople", but "waitpersons". But that's a whole 'nother rant.
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billyw
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| Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:30 am Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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see.. people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
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| Quote: | billyw wrote:
oh ans you guys dont..
political correctness for instance..
"he's vertically challenged" rather.. he's a dwarf.. and ugly to boot...
it's a fact, lets not pretend!!!!!
Yabbut "vertically" and "challenged" are at least real words. They don't
lose their meaning until some PC twit sticks em together in the same
sentence. Handicapable for another. Grrr...
Take "waitperson" for example. WTF is that? And why is the plural not
"waitpeople", but "waitpersons". But that's a whole 'nother rant.
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billyw
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| Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:30 am Post subject: Re: Get chuffed |
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tut tut..
the empire speaks english..
in fact you are sitting in one of the colonies right now...
now go get me beer.. there's a good fellow
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| Quote: | billyw wrote:
dunno.. i dont live in england...
Hah! You can't name a single country where "English" is actually spoken.
Except in small enclaves scattered around in various countries.
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