Klarinet Archive - Posting 000197.txt from 2000/10

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Language - A Viewpoint
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 04:00:44 -0400

"Pregnant" is not the most usual meaning - "copulated with" is what the
average man on our Blackbird leys omnibus would take it to mean.
Her hosts seem to have been ignoring the context rather considerably,
though.
Roger S.

On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, William Wright wrote:

> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 21:09:01 -0700 (PDT)
> From: William Wright <Bilwright@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Language - A Viewpoint
>
> <><> I wrote:
> and then pushed her chair back from the table and announced, much to the
> horror of her hosts: "I am stuffed!"
>
>
>
> I've received some email about this, and I see that I should've
> added that "stuffed" is British slang for "pregnant."
> My daughter's host mother was deeply concerned about my daughter's
> welfare. What would *you* do if an 'exchange student' settled down in
> your house and then proved to be a girl who wanted nine months away from
> home for.... that sort of reason?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
>
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