[pianotech] "Tune your Go#h D##n Piano!"

David Skolnik davidskolnik at optonline.net
Tue May 22 18:29:40 MDT 2012


Thank you David.  I am on the verge of adopting this usage.  It will 
feel like an affectation for a while, but eventually, like the 
euro-seven (7 with a line through the stem) that I took on as a 
youth, it will work itself into my DNA.   I just hope it's OK with 
the fundamentalists.

David S

At 01:02 PM 5/22/2012, you wrote:
>Yes it does, just about!  But I was quoting a fairly well-known 
>expression in UK English, "To call a spade a ruddy shovel"; to speak 
>robustly to how things are.  A tad more vigorous than calling a 
>spade a spade.....
>
>Best,
>
>David.
>
>>David B,  does 'ruddy' represent the frontier of your on-line 
>>expletive usage?
>
>

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