Re: Probability of Article Replacement?

On Tuesday 25 February 2003 9:44 pm, John Cowan wrote:
> Joe scripsit:
> > The standard greeting in British youth culture is 'alright?'.
> > It generally sounds like [O@i?], with a rising tone.  I sometimes wonder
> > how (or if) Americans can understand us Brits having a conversation with
> > each other in allegro colloquial speech.
>
> Well, I do work for a British company (Reuters), so with an occasional
> check of Moss I'm usually O.K.  What I can't tell, of course, is when you
> are kidding.
We're kidding when we say stuff that is impossibly stupid and ridiculous ;-).
Either that, or we really are fascists.