Re: Rhys Ifans! Welsh fans, another pronunciation pop question

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:32, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
> Quoting "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>:
> > Andreas wrote:
> > > > I suppose that's still nicer than the "Sod Damn" (American accent)
> > > > I've heard.
> > >
> > > Except that "sod" for (most) Americans refers only to ground
> > > covered by grass, and doesn't have the additional expletive value
> > > that it sometimes has in Britain. That is, of course, unless they
> > > have watched too much BBC-America. :)
> >
> > Really? Well, if it wasn't intended as an insult/pun, one's got to
> > wonder why the speaker split it up like that.
>
> Indeed.  "Sodding" sounds as distinctly British to me as "arse"
> for "ass" and "pissed" meaning "drunk" rather than "angry". I think
> Muke is right that it must be used like God Damn, or some such.
Well, Australasian English _does_ used "pissed" as in "getting pissed' to mean
getting drunk (sodden drunk), and "pissed as in "pissed off" to indicate a
slow-boiling rage.
>
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