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+5
Oct 1, 2012
This is SO universal.! Work, university, the church secretary...
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Sep 27, 2012
@Cloddy, thank you for your explanation. Even as a Canadian, most of the time British wit goes zipping over my head.
+4
Sep 26, 2012
"That's how we've always done it" is it? Well, then Dilbert needs to show her this wonderful pearl: http://www.despair.com/tradition.html
+12
Sep 26, 2012
I got some printed test data once, and asked for it in Excel form. No can do. I asked for it in .csv or xml form. Um no. Finally they gave it to me... in a pdf document!
+9
Sep 26, 2012
@chube, that was non-geek English. Following from http://oxforddictionaries.com/
Definition of strop
noun
[usually in singular] British informal
a bad mood; a temper: Nathalie gets in a strop and makes to leave
Origin:
1970s: probably a back-formation from stroppy
Definition of stroppy
British informal
bad-tempered and argumentative: Patricia was getting stroppy
Origin:
1950s: perhaps an abbreviation of obstreperous
As for "The dummy was spat and all the toys were out of the pram," just picture it. Oh, wait a minute, "pram" is short for "perambulator." I think US equivalent is baby-carriage? Also "dummy" is "pacifier?" Basically, it's comparing someone to a mardy kid.
