I divided by age, and took the first 10 from each group.

[conuly]

Just finished tabulating the results, let me tell you I am *very* surprised by some of the answers. It's like hearing that your friends don't agree that *insert least favorite politician* is a creep! Well, it's done now. I just have to start presenting my case against linguistic prejudice more clearly, that's all. I'll forget this ever happened in a few days - block it from my memory.

*grins*

Okay, it's not *that* bad. But... Well, of course, I'm very anti-prescriptivist when I remember to be.

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Re: Since you bloody yanks don't speek English anyway

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For example "bloody Yanks" is actualy a backhanded compliment in 'Strine. The insult in this case is actually "septic tank" (it's full of crap and rhymes with yank). This for reasons of obscurity frequently gets abrivieated to Seppo. If an Australian calls an north american a seppo, they are insulting the pants off you FYI.
I'd also advocate aginst calling any eastie a "prick" as that particualr word when used as an insult is the very worst insult you can use in that dialect.


Yeah, I know.