"aem" > wrote in news:1152661004.509752.125580@
75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

>
> PeterL wrote:
>> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in
>> :
>>
>> > No matter how the dish turned out, the person who wrote it is a
>> > ******. Imagine using the word "capsicum" just to sound
>> > scholarly.....what a fop.
>> >
>>
>> Here in *Australia*, ******........ we call them Capsicums.
>> [snip]
>
> I suspect he's yanking your chain (or, "having you on"?)

Same as: Taking the ****...... being an arsewipe........ having a lend
of himself... being a pretencious ponce.


>since "******"
> is a word more commonly used in Australia/New Zealand/Britain than in
> the U.S. If he were being U.S.-centric he'd have used a different
> insult word.

America should adopt it :-)


>
> "Fop" is an odd word, too, isn't it? The people most likely to use it
> are ... fops. -aem


'His' use of that word conjured up the image of a limp wristed elderly
pretencious Pommy git trying to sound like he knew what the hell he was
talking about.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'