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From: Catherine Low <>
Subject: Re: [SOG] Unusual description on Ceefax News & Thanks Tom
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 15:52:10 -0600


Thanks Peter and the rest of you who helped me learn some new terms. It's
been interesting. The "Queen's English" as my mother always called it - Is
an intriguing, if sometimes mystifying thing. Much like people and personal
computers. <G>

(After spending most of today trying to get my windows 98 communication
ports back in sync after a major hic-cough, to hear a technician explain:
"Well the instructions ......are not very good on that point" Read: the
vital instruction wasn't even given. I know I have a sense of humour hiding
somewhere for I did find that quite amusing!)
It is hard to 'know' how a message is intended to be taken.
Regards,

Catherine Low

Peter Park wrote:

> Catherine
>
> > But what's the reverse of Chuffed to bits - when one is 'shot down' or
> 'deflated' ?<
>
> I've always thought of 'choked' as being the opposite to 'chuffed'.

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