I've known that "buggery" is a synonym for anal sex since I was a wee lad, and I'm an American. However, I think that in both America and England, the word has been used so freely to describe any mildly deviant activity that it has lost its edge. The same is true of "sucks" when used to denigrate something, as in "That really sucks." In this context, the word originally was a synonym for oral sex practiced on a male of the species. Again, through overuse it has lost its meaning and has become a general term. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Commonwealth is not offended. It's still compulsory in most > schools. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of P. J. Alling > > Sent: 04 October 2006 19:21 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: Need help: Photoshop molested children portraits? > > > > Well, you only offended the commonwealth, most Americans have no > idea > > what Buggery is. > > > > Jostein Øksne wrote: > > > > >Thanks Dan, > > > > > >When posting the original question I remembered very vividly my > > >reaction to Becky Carter's imagery from last time around. The word > > >"molested" slid very easily into my brain then. I suppose a hyphen > > >between "photoshop" and the said word would have been more > > >appropriate. > > > > > >My apologies if I have offended anyone, and thanks to Frank, > Godfrey > > >and you for setting me straight. > > > > > >You know, getting the finer points right with slang terms is the > > >toughest challenge with English. It's even worse than seeing > > the logic > > >in the pronounciation...:-) > > > > > >Jostein > > > > > >On 10/4/06, Daniel J. Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>The use of the word itself is not so bad. Its use in relation to > > >>"molested children portraits" is what may have been > unintentionally > > >>offensive to some people. > > >> > > >>Dan > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > > > > --Albert Einstein > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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