June's OT Board Dictionary Launched (was Brittspeak)

[grannybat84112]

Eloise wrote:

> ...here an ass is kind of like a mule and a butt (does 
> it have one 't' or two?) is a bum, or more crudely, an arse. 

Two T's. "But" in American is only a conjunction.

I was under the impression that use of the word "arse" goes according 
to class distinction. True?

Tangentially related...I've also been given to understand that in 
Britian "bleeding" is a much worse obscenity than "bloody." Any 
natives care to elaborate?

 
> Queue is very old fashioned for a braid. Not common usage. 

I always thought it meant to line up and wait your turn, as if at a 
movie ticket box office. 

If I may venture perilously close to On-Topic-ness...there's a new 
TBAY on the main list that's just begging for some of the Old Guard 
to come out and play.

Shamelessly self promoting,
Grannybat