Is "knock it off" ........... a British expression .............. any better
or any worse?
jh
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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Dessert, was Re: OT: Disgusting Deserts
No, Piers, “get over it” is to my mind quite a rude thing to write (or say).
It’s American in origin and we don’t need it Over Here (any more than
already it is, of course).
However, I like “gerunder it” :-)
Chris
On 17 Feb 2014, at 12:34, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am late to this party but would not accept Chris suggested spelling
> correction. It seems to me that the original discussion had very little
> connection with what is generally understood to be a dessert!
>
> OTOH can I propose that we let it pass. Get over it. Or gerunder it, as
> you prefer.
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