Is it a great insult or not?

@contrex,

Excellent!

Now it is crystal clear.

Thank you.

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

As a BrE speaker, "all get out" is definitely an Americanism, but we Brits are doggone accustomed to using American colloquialisms jocularly, sho 'nuff.

As a minor note, that shows that you know the colloquialisms and how to use them, but those two don't "go" together. "Doggone" is a southern white rural colloquialism, while "sho 'nuff" is a black urban colloquialism.

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@sozobe,

sozobe wrote:

"Doggone" is a southern white rural colloquialism, while "sho 'nuff" is a black urban colloquialism.

Does that mean the black Americans must never say (or sing?) "doggone"? Somebody ought to tell King Floyd... (Well, it's too late now, but you know what I mean)

Code:

Hey there, Sugar Darling

Let me tell you something

You look so sweet, 

And you're so doggone fine

I just can't get you out of my mind.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/443469.jpg

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@contrex,

Yeah, I know what you mean. Smile

Country/southern and urban/northern might be a better split.

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@sozobe,

In any case, I was being jocular; I know perfectly well that "sho' 'nuff" is a clichéd Southern Black expression, and I have seen enough Westerns to know that "doggone" is not. Brits sometimes find it funny (you know we have a weird sense of humour) to tease Americans by e.g. innocently saying "I love everything about Alaska, especially Cajun cuisine" just to see the earnest Yank take the bait...

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@contrex,

Okeedokes.

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@contrex,

Quote:

1. "Now you've done it!"

It is slang

I wonder what would make that slang?

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@JTT,

JTT wrote:

Quote:

1. "Now you've done it!"

It is slang

I wonder what would make that slang?

Me. I made it slang. I decreed it thus. Now bugger off.

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@contrex,

It's really quite a simple process, C. Think before you make these dumb statements.

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@JTT,

I think you ought to butt out of this thread which was going along quite nicely before you came along sniffing for fresh fields to troll. I don't care to read your Asperger's inspired monomaniac rants so I'm putting you on "ignore". Goodbye.

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@contrex,

Quote:

I think you ought to butt out of this thread which was going along quite nicely before you came along sniffing for fresh fields to troll. I don't care to read your Asperger's inspired monomaniac rants so I'm putting you on "ignore". Goodbye.

Had a student asked you to explain your contention, would this also have been the manner in which you'd have handled it, Contrex?

You were a teacher once upon a time, were you not? Or were you one of those still slightly warm bodies some schools stuck at the head of a class to fleece students out of their hard earned cash?

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