2007-01-30 02:42:22 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
a woman?
2007-01-30 03:16:48 · answer #1 · answered by currious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"With swearing, context is everything. Words that are in common use in the UK are indecipherable to American ears, and vice versa. It takes more than just a simple 'bloody' (a corruption of 'By your Lady', a religious exclamation from the Middle Ages') to swear like a Brit. Most British swear-words have a history longer than that of the United States itself, evolving out of even older European languages such as Norse, High German and Latin (hence British phrases like 'a stream of Anglo-Saxon' or, most commonly, 'pardon my French'). For instance, the word '***' in American-English, meaning buttocks or anus, evolved from the British word '****'1. Before WW1, people in southern English would pronounce the word '***', meaning donkey, with a long 'a', making it indistinguishable from '****' in spoken English. Considered only moderately vulgar in the UK, it can be put to a number of different, often contradictory uses...
* The phrase 'can't be arsed' signifies apathy or a lack of enthusiasm, yet to 'get your **** in gear' means to become organised or to 'hurry up."
2007-01-30 11:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by jason r 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
An other similar and very popular reply to a some what tedious request is
" Your A R S E in parsley "
when a slightly more refined response is required.
Both are equally appreciated by the asker.
I think.
2007-01-30 12:05:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd love to tell you, but I can't be asked... must be a Brit thing like the other person said.
2007-01-30 11:02:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same place Plausible Deni-ability comes from...
2007-01-30 11:35:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Britain i believe..it's not common in the americas
2007-01-30 10:52:42 · answer #6 · answered by Sarah B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are not allowed asking me that question so don't ask
2007-01-30 11:51:52 · answer #7 · answered by Johnny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't be asked a question like that..........what are you thinking?
2007-01-30 11:11:13 · answer #8 · answered by **brainy licious**J;-D 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's I can't be arsed, not asked.
2007-01-30 11:35:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Britain itself...Should have been.. I can't be arsed...
2007-01-30 11:52:52 · answer #10 · answered by MK <>< 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't be asked!
2007-01-30 11:41:13 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋