[kj] ot sweet as...cool... ;)

[melinda grant]

sweet--so i am learning alot and it does appear to be a cultural thing,with 
A different meaning depending upon where you are in world,the word sweet,is 
generally cool and a compliment everywhere in the world apart from the uk 
unless one is talking to a kiddy,then it means cute,if said to an adult 
famale by a male in uk then as i said yesterday,its just patronising!!!

i will back you up brend ive been to n.z a few times.....
sweet as---and other n.z words i like there phrases,i herd this alot in new 
zealand ,and i love hearing those words when i speak to n.zers anywhere in 
world  ;)  plus the auzzys have a few great ones--to easy---for 
instance,which does not mean,easy lay btw-- which is what it means in u.k

just one last point on this,the person in question did not say......

sweet as---they said(sweet)and there not from new zealand either     ;/

and---sweet as a nut--is not cockney slang at all for anything,but-- runt  
is :)  !!!

its interesting to get other peoples take on how they use a word,and what 
exactly it means,it prevents missunderstandings and i find it very fare from 
boring  ;)



>From: "Rob Horan" <Rob at westwoodassociates.co.uk>

>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

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>Subject: Re: [kj] ot darren.. israelli neo nazis/ a qu... ;)

>Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:15:55 +0100

>

>"Sweet as" as well...meaning about the same thing. I'm pretty sure

>they both originated in NZ

>

>maybe 'sweet as a nut' which is cockney rhyming slang for...errr 

>something...but your point is right, I use sweet as a compliment and 

>sweetie is a word I use a lot, both used in UK all the time......jaysus, 

>are we bored or what???

>

>________________________________

>

>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net on behalf of Brendan Quinn

>Sent: Mon 10/09/2007 21:53

>To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'

>Subject: Re: [kj] ot darren.. israelli neo nazis/ a qu... ;)

>

>

>

>Hi guys,

>

>On top of what Bolly said, I think it might be cultural thing, and it is

>almost definitely a context thing. My first thought is that it was a nice

>compliment...perhaps manners are so rare in the UK now though that

>compliments are looked at askance...

>

>(*JOKE!*) ;p

>

>PS: "Sweet" as a word in NZ meaning "cool" "awesome" "outta sight" "groovy"

>kinda thing started ages ago, Bongo will back me up on this. We have a

>saying "Sweet as" as well...meaning about the same thing. I'm pretty sure

>they both originated in NZ, in that context I mean, I remember being blown

>away when I heard Cartman on Southpart say "Sweet" once, meaning "cool"

>kinda thing...I think it spread to surfy culture and out from there and is

>common in various places amongst the "kids" now :)

>

>Sweet? Sweet.

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On

>Behalf Of Darren A. Peace

>Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2007 8:47 a.m.

>To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'

>Subject: Re: [kj] ot darren.. israelli neo nazis/ a qu... ;)

>

>Yes, I certainly wouldn't say it unless I wanted a kick in the nuts! It is

>also patronising, I agree.

>

>Darren

>Hungerford, UK

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On

>Behalf Of melinda grant

>Sent: 10 September 2007 12:21

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: Re: [kj] ot darren.. israelli neo nazis/ a qu... ;)

>

>yeah darren,i kinda go along with much of your post,also i think refuring 

>to

>

>someone as" sweet" is very patronising,and a

>bit of an insult,which rolled of my back and left me thinking that the

>person who said it,is very simple

>with a backward mind ;-D  ive never been called that b.4 it stinks

>lol.......

>

>i mean,how many people in there right mind would refur to a middl-aged 

>woman

>

>as "sweet?" especially when the person saying it was also

>middle--aged,personally i thought they were mad really

>

>:D))))  i mean i wasnt even called "sweet"  when i was a kid,when saying

>that would be more relevant to that age group!!!!

>

>melinda  ps i thought the person who said it a proper berk  and very

>creepy---dickhead ;-D)))))

>

>thanx anyways ok.....

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