On 4/23/2011 11:52 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Language usage
>
> If you said in New Zealand (or maybe Australia as well)
> "I'm really pissed", people would understand that you were *very* drunk.
>
> Paralytic, in other words. On your ear.
>
> If you said "I'm really pissed off", people would understand that you were
> seriously annoyed. .... The word "off" makes all the difference. :-)
Exactly.
I also thought there should be an "off" at the end of the subject line. but I
may have watched too many non-'Murkin,
English speaking movies.
Moose
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