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To: XBrit who wrote (172139)	12/17/2008 5:59:18 PM
From: Peter V	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

I think you are more of a cheeky monkey than a bloody wanker. <G> (now I've used up about all the British slang I know) No offense taken, particularly since it was obviously unintentional, which I took time to point out. And in my mind, it was pretty funny. I can't stop chuckling about it.

To: XBrit who wrote (172139)	12/17/2008 11:52:13 PM
From: Schnullie	Respond to of 306849

Sorry, thread, and of course I meant shovels. Whew! That was a close one. We regret to inform you that we find your protestations of innocence wanting...your future posts will be carefully monitored for a period of six months. If they are found to be non-compliant with thread policy, your thread access will be terminated.

To: XBrit who wrote (172139)	12/18/2008 9:38:28 AM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

I once made a perfectly innocent joke or comment about a watermelon. I meant the big fruit, green on the outside and red on the inside with lots of black or brown seeds. This was interpreted as a racist remark. And again, I was once talking about deer hunting and used the word "buck." I guess if one talked about using a spade to plant watermelons one would be in really big trouble. But the most dangerous word is an Anglo-Saxon or Scandinavian word dating from about two thousand years ago, when no one in northern Europe even knew of the existence of Africa, a word that means "stingy." Or "cheap." I wonder if the online thesaurus includes that work. I found it under "cheapskate." thesaurus.reference.com I knew a guy, a very articulate Rhodes scholar, who almost came to serious grief in a Paris bistro when he used that word. When he saw his mistake, he kept using it in other contexts to try to clarify the meaning. Then he left in a hurry.