Kaylee ,'Serenity'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Don't giggle like a schoolgirl when a boy is undressing in front of you, despite the iliac crest
I might giggle way before we get that far. It's ... sad.
But welsh is one of those where I think the usage has long outlived the stereotype.
Except, I wonder, if you're Welsh.
had to look up what the iliac crest is and i have to say, it never makes me giggle. mmmm...
Except, I wonder, if you're Welsh.
Heh. X-posted with my edit.
"Packie" is from package store, brenda.
It's really "packie," short for Package Store, right?
Although, THAT reminds me of the time I said "paddy wagon" to my mother, and she FREAKED OUT. I didn't realize it was an Irish slur.
ita=hopeless case.
me for bed. laters.
sad for all you working folk. really.
the time I said "paddy wagon" to my mother, and she FREAKED OUT. I didn't realize it was an Irish slur.
See, I had thought it was a wagon driven by Paddies. It took a while for me to get that white people were prejudiced against.
Packie" is from package store, brenda.
A friend of mine from back home, and here sort of, was married to a Royal Marine and lived in England for a while. She used the term there, and everyone was pretty horrified.
"Packie" is from package store, brenda.
Oh yeah, I know. But the same (pronounced) word is also a derogatory term for Pakistani, and I always get that initial ugly reaction and then consciously remind myself of what he's actually saying.