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Posted by dorayme on 03/23/06 03:43
In article <4tgfiosio6ny$.dlg@markparnell.com.au>,
Mark Parnell <webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote:
> Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, dorayme
> <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> declared in alt.html:
>
> > Do you know what it means to say to someone
> > in a semi-friendly (Australian sort of) way that they are a poor
> > schmuck?
>
> Much the same as calling them a bastard. :-)
You have half of it right, the bit that connotes it is not as
harsh as it sounds. But you don't have the other half right. For
me, a schmuck is more a person to be pitied to some extent. A
bastard is certainly not this. But it is complicated and I will
stop....
--
dorayme
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