Re: sysdef -i

Cypherpunk_at_nyc.rr.com
Date: 07/20/03 

Date: 20 Jul 2003 10:01:48 GMT

Anthony Mandic <lv@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Martin Schoen wrote:
>
> > The above answers of Jeremiah and Anthony to this post were funny;
> > yours, Stefaan, was, humm, at least arrogant. Of course the first reply
> > of urs_77 was senseless, but this has nothing to do with what you
> > created of this thread.
>
> No, I think Stefaan makes a valid point. This newsgroup may
> primarily conduct itself in English but it is international
> in its scope. As such, it should be a responsibility of every
> native English language speaker to set a reasonable example by
> not using obscure acronyms, spelling, abbreviations and expressions.

Cypherpunk wrote:

An obscure Aussie expression used frequently by youz: "Plugger."

Anthony Mandic <ly@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> "Plugger" is a proper noun and would be recognised as such by
> most English speakers.

Bzzzt! Wrong. You complained about "obscure expressions",
which is how you are using it. It's hypocritical for you
to whine about such whilst you yerself do it all the time.

I'd refer to it as Aussie colloquialism, but in your case
and for this word I think "Assie colloquialism" is more
appropriate. ;-)