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"Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
> I am indeed a old fart, thinking as I do that the day Mr Bowie produces
> something half as decent as the Serenade No,10 in B flat major K.361, we
> might be on to something (incidentally, where have all the "greats" gone????
> Maria? Britten? Toscanini? I think I was born about 35 years too late. But
> Richard Foote's OK, then).
>
> OTOH, I don't want to become like the French.
>
> Er, let me qualify that (actually, I needn't!). I wouldn't want to see
> language regulated and "approved". Provided we all know what we're talking
> about, it seems to me that abbreviations are fine.
>
> gr8 m8 is good Aussie slang updated to the 21st century, I suspect.
>
> What annoys me far more is perfectly sensible Englishmen (or colonials)
> suddenly behaving (and talking) as though they'd just come off the Texas
> ranch. What the heck does "cool" mean anyway?!
>
Cool means hot. When something is 'real' cool ... its 'hot'!
Geeze. Why don't you guys learn to speak English?
Daniel Morgan Received on Thu Oct 03 2002 - 10:38:38 CDT