> understand that "buggered" is somewhat off-color in some parts of
> the world. Similarly I used the universal "time out" signal
> recently and a friend from Europe blushed and informed me that it's
> a *really* rude gesture and not to do it, at least not in the Czech
> Republic, and certainly not to someone of the female persuasion.
> Who knew?
It started out as a reference to sodomy originally in connection with
heretical religious practices. It was a capital crime in the Royal
Navy, according to Article 29 of the Articles of War. Probably not a
term you'd want to use unadvisedly.
Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at
chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen.
.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania
1864)
http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/
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