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Re: Vulgarity Check

To: james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk, prubrew@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: Vulgarity Check
From: Lftlesl@aol.com
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 11:27:08 EST
Cc: rvhead@mnsinc.com, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
In a message dated 98-02-10 03:48:17 EST, james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk writes:

<< I think this could lead to confusion, as things get
 altered in the translation, words that would not
 cause offence in the UK, would in the USA, and 
 vice versa. >>
Reminds me of the first time I heard a Brit tell a woman he would "knock her
up" and that he was "dying for a fag".
-Les

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