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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
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*** off

0He'd kept me waiting for an hour so I was 01font00p-issed off to start with.02font02br
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00I know, pi-ssed off = 01font00annoyed.02font02br
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00So the sentence become, .............. I was 01font00annoysed to start with02font00.02br
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00But still I can't understand this sentence.02br
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00Could anyone help me?0-
  

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02font 02br 02br 00So the sentence become, .............. 02br 02br 01font 00'To start with' means 'at the beginning'. 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Best wishes, Clive02font 0-

— Clive

  • 02font 02br 02br 00So the sentence become, ..............
  • 02br 02br 01font 00'To start with' means 'at the beginning'.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Best wishes, Clive02font 0-
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1font00Hi,02font02br
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00He'd kept me waiting for an hour so I was 01font00p-issed off to start with.02font02br
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00I know, pi-ssed off = 01font00annoyed.02font02br
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00So the sentence become, .............. I
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00I thought ****** or ****** off wasn't that impolite. Well, yeah, of course it's not something to say during a speech or on formal occasions, but I thought is was more like slang than a bad word. None of my dictionaries say it's taboo or not polite, they just say slang. What do you think?02br
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00Oh, well, I can see what the EF Centralized Censorizat
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0It is quite impolite. **** as a word is considered quite vulgar, so a phrase using it is also rather rude. It probably wouldn't horribly offend anyone but there are people who wouldn't ever use it and wouldn't like to hear it. My parents would never say something ****** them off, for example.02br
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00P.S. Only '****** off' works in British English. To us, '******' on its
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0I always for get that difference, Nona. That someone who is p'd in the UK is drunk, I mean. As you know, in the US, it means angry.0-
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0And in the UK you can tell someone to pi ss off (without the 'ed' at the end of ****) and it is a rude way to tell them to go away, just slightly less rude than F *** off.0-
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0Ok, ok, ok, I see you guys don't like it. Thanks for the answers. 05002br
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00The problem is Nona said "quite impolite", she used "quite", and no one knows what "quite" really means. Since you are British, Nona, I think you meant something like "fairly/somewhat impolite" and not "very impolite".02br
00I think the only words I usually hear censored are F-wor
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0Hi,02br
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00As an example for you of attitudes, I don't like the p-word and I never say it. Nor do I like it when other people say it.02br
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00Some other people have other views. 05002br
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00Best wishes, Clive010id1
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0 Thanks.01blockquote
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10Yeah, I believe everyone has their own opinions about what is rude and what is not, because everyone has their own vocabulary. And vocabulary can change according to the situation. For example, I wouldn't have any problems filling my
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0 You should see what gets bleeped on other forums. On another ESL forum, the word 'jerk' was censored. Now, that word does have a not-so-nice usage or two, but it also has perfectly normal, "polite" usages. The censor made it tough to answer someone's question about what a "knee-jerk reaction" was, for example. 02br
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00I've also done my share of posting on some German f
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