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? > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120522/ba36f8cc/attachment.htm>
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