you know I luv ya but you can see its a slippery slope to go nuts over "wah
lah" and stand firm when we all say its meaningless here but defend your put
of of its misery when it means something bad here?

as Wendy said dont let your hatred of Susan take you off the rails..

I say we from now on state if something has a different meaning to people
and try to respect that.

to me wah lah is perfectly fine but I would avoid saying it if it offends
you..simple as that

it is a fact that if you told a person her to put their injured animal out
of its misery you'd get a VERY negative reaction..or worse their kid or
loved one.

"Oh your grandmas sick?..put her out of her misery"...

that would be bad

imagine if "bright faced" here was a compliment and a insult there and
people kept saying what a bright faced family you have

KROM


"Ozgirl" wrote in message ...



"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:45:59 +1000, "Ozgirl"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"BlueBrooke" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:34:31 +1000, "Ozgirl"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Anyone still want to tell me the phase ONLY means to euthanise?
>>>
>>> As applied to animals? Yes.
>>
>>And the proof of that statement is where?
>
>
> That is the only way I have ever heard it used...... in the USA. I
> grant you that it might be used differently where you are from, but
> here, that is the only way it would be interpreted. And by the way,
> you know I have no part in this argument, but I felt I should explain
> the usage here in the USA.
>
> Evelyn

Thank you and yes I do understand that you and others might have only
had experience with that but I have explained that was not my intent and
yet it isn't good enough. If I was nasty enough to suggest someone put
their pet down I wouldn't back away from my views. The statement would
still stand. And I definitely wouldn't have suggested ways and means to
relieve the pet's misery or discomfort.