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It was closed down before I could respond. Ok It's the odd swear I use that is the bone of contention. I get that, I will no longer try and bypass the swear filter. Though I do think that the odd minor swear word does garnish writing that is meant too emulate the peaks and trough's of speech rather than an essay.
Pfft? I’d be high offended by that APG, I often get called ‘pet’ but not in the true meaning of the word , it means a term of endearment haha and I’m not sure that’s known by the person doing it :0/
Anyway, Tora. According to the terms of the McPherson Report, if you feel like an oppressed minority, you are one.
Everyone, if they were honest, knows what common acronyms like TROB and TROP mean. They are lingua franca on the net.
Everyone uses acronyms. If I don't know what they mean (and care) I look them up.
//Communication is all about … well… communication, but I often skip TTT’s thread because I don’t know what he’s talking about. I find most of the rhyming slang incomprehensible - and I’m a Londoner.//
It reminds me of a holiday ,we had with a mate of mine who was Indian,several years ago. He was determined to be taken as a cockney and even told my MIL he was one although born in Calcutta and very brown skinned.
We were walking along a beach in Calahonda Spain and saw two Spanish Gentlemen beachcasting . As we walked under their fishing lines our friend quipped to the two Spaniards, 'Caught any plates and dishes mate'.
I was born in London ( not a cockney) and that was a new one to me. I imagine the Spaniards were equally bemused.
.My wife( she speaks Spanish fluently) and I just smiled and shook our heads.
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