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- From: mmr@asgserver.canberra.edu.au (Micheal Rainford-Watson)
- Subject: Re: piss-taking
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.223127.1617@csc.canberra.edu.au>
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- Organization: University of Canberra
- References: <GROVE.93Jan19172418@paddy.uk.tele.nokia.fi> <727524261snx@sloth.equinox.gen.nz>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 22:31:27 GMT
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- In article <727524261snx@sloth.equinox.gen.nz> hairy@sloth.equinox.gen.nz (Phil Anderson) writes:
- >
- >In article <GROVE.93Jan19172418@paddy.uk.tele.nokia.fi>
- >grove@uk.tele.nokia.fi writes:
- >
- > > I recently posted an article in another newsgroup where I used the phrase
- > > "taking the piss". It seems that N.Americans didn't understand this phrase,
- > > so can you lot out there tell me
- > >
- > > 1) is it only Britons who use it? Any Aussies care to comment?
- >
- >Kiwis certainly use it. Dunno about Aussies.
- ^^^^^^^
- Blood oath! Specially when taking the piss out of Kiwis.
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