Re: Conlang meet in London?

Fabian scripsit:

> This chestnut does the rounds on alt.usage.english every year.
Hmm.  Perhaps I should start to read the group again.

> Basically, in the US, boink is a verb synonymous with copulate, as I
> understand it. In Britain, the equivalent is 'bonk'. Here (UK), 'boink'
> has no sexual connotations whatsoevr, except in so far as certain
> Americans try to make innuenduous jokes about our activities during a
> boink.
Actually, both senses are understood here, I think.

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