From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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Date: | Thursday, June 17, 1999, 16:50 |
Andrew Smith wrote:> > On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Joe Mondello wrote: > > > I know a few people who now exclusively use "shite" because Irvine Welsh > > novels. I think they use it because a) it's different and b) they can use it > > in politer conversation, because it doesn't carry a real connotation as a > > curse (yet). > > > The Anglo-Irish series "Father Ted" introduced "feck!" to NZ, but it seems > to have died down now.So what was "feckless"? :) Sally