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

[Susan Kline]

Since we have no innate sense of HOW improper it is, probably best to 
avoid using it.

I remember on the list once people were throwing around "merde" as a 
mild expletive, but a French list member was really shocked.

Susan

On 5/22/2012 8:13 PM, John Formsma wrote:
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> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Susan Kline <skline at peak.org 
> <mailto:skline at peak.org>> wrote:
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>     "Bloody" was once a fairly serious swear word there, while it
>     hardly is known here except from watching the BBC. Ruddy sounds
>     like a variant of it. "Bloody" was strong, if I remember right,
>     because it stands for Christ's blood.
>
>
>
> I heard something different from an English friend of mine. But yes, 
> it is still considered improper.
>
>
> -- 
> John Formsma, RPT
> Blue Mountain, MS
>

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