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Re: USAGE: The four shits in English

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, October 14, 1999, 21:27
A Rosta scripsit:

> What about "pigshit" = stupid (because one is "as thick (=stupid) > as pigshit").
Not known to me, but I cheerfully add it to the list of six, no, seven excrement metaphors.
> Also in Australian there's "ratshit", similar to "bloody". My aunt > shocked people by saying it all the time when she was a nun. She > thought she was saying "wretched". (Try saying them in Australian > accent - they're very close in sound.)
Um, is this perhaps a mere transcription error? Someone said "wretched", someone else misheard it as "ratshit"? (Not necessarily in your aunt's case, but in general.) -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin