Posted by Els on 11/12/86 11:24

dorayme wrote:

>> From: Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl>
>>
>> dorayme wrote:
>>
>>>> From: Neredbojias <neredbojias@neredbojias.com>
>>>>
>>>>>> It should all be one line.
>>>>>
>>>>> Says who?
>>>>
>>>> My mother.
>>>
>>> Admit it Els! He's got you on this one!
>>
>> Huh?
>
> "Got you" is a sort of point scoring term. I did not mean
> anything bad. In a light hearted way (probably realising he
> was wrong and you right about the actual issue), he replied
> about his mother. One can't argue with a mother!
>
> Put it another way: People "get" people when they make a
> good touche. A touche is a remark that is sort of hard to
> answer... Here is a google found definition: "touched
> [French] In fencing, a touch of a sword on the opponent's
> body is worth a point. Thus, touché has come to mean a
> score or a point, often used figuratively in verbal fencing
> and spoken by the person against whom the point was
> scored."

Thank you for the explanation - but I knew all that <g>

The huh? was cause I didn't know how you thought he'd got me. But
indeed, can't argue with a Mother :-)

I'd explain the 'got you' in this context as 'got you cornered' rather
than 'scored a point' though ;-)

(and I didn't for one moment think you meant it bad btw ;-))

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