[jerryrlitton]

Originally Posted by Robby Barlow

You might think you do, but English is a languages spoken on at least 3 continents - Europe, America & Australia/New Zealand, and although us ignorant foreigners assume it to be the same, it is not so.
Unfortunately, this means that a simple phrase pronounced for example by an Englishman, will not be correctly understood or interpreted by either of the other 2, or us.
For example : A Brit says "I'm pissed" Short, simple and to the point, but what does he mean?
The American would assume that he has had too much drink and that he was feeling slightly the worse in consequence.
The Ossie or Kiwi, if they were able to think, well I couldn't imagine their reaction due to lack of experience.
Europeans, on the other hand, wouldn't give a hoot 1/2 the time no matter what a Brit says.

But, what the Brit was really trying to convey was that, even though he was stone sober, he was unhappy with the current situation. Or more precisely : "If you c*?§ don't shut your *?!%§ing mouth right now I'm going to beat the S*** out of you, you *?!%ing S.O.B."!
Now if a simple misinterpretation between people who supposedly speak the same language can lead to a major punch-up, does it still surprise you that we have so many wars in this world of ours?

That is incorrect ref "pissed"...An American would say he is mad as in upset, a Canadian or a Brit would say he was drunk.

Jerry