"David Williams"  wrote in message
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> "Amy Guskin"  wrote in message
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> > Ooh, it's kind of like "chuff," isn't it!  Because
"chuff" means
(roughly)
> > "garbage," while being "chuffed" means
"pleased, excited" -- isnt that
> > right?
> > (Which kind of equals "shit" meaning "crap,"
while "weird shit"
sometimes
> > means "interesting stuff".)
>
> Or maybe it's like "bollocks."  In one of his stand-up specials Eddie
Izzard
> explained that, in England, to say something was "bollocks" was
derogatory,
> equivalent to "crap" or "shit."  ......unless it's
the "dog's bollocks,"
> which apparently is a good thing.
>
> Who was it who said England and America are two countries *divided* by a
> common language?

George Bernard Shaw, based on what I found.
Funny, I'd always thought it was Churchill - Winston, not Ward.

Dennis


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