It's pretty mild language here. I tend to utter it when something stuffs up.
An ad campaign a few years ago for Toyota New Zealand featured it quite heavily: <http://www.videofoundry.co.nz/ianman/humour/bugger.html> >From what I've read it received 100+ official complaints in NZ and 1 here in >Oz. I guess there are more prudes in New Zealand ;-) Dave On 10/4/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know what the issue is other than prudishness. > > To bugger someone means to have anal intercourse with them. Seems to > be this parlance that is more British English than American English, > though. To call something a "nasty little bugger" is often used in > American English to mean something small, insect like, an annoyance, > or "cute little bugger" is a form of curmudgeonly endearment. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
