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

[Brendan Quinn]

There's that Monty Python skit where the guy gets his Bs and Cs mixed up (or
something) and calls himself a "silly bunt" :) Eric Idle I think.

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of melinda grant
Sent: Wednesday, 12 September 2007 1:10 a.m.
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] ot sweet as...cool... ;)

might be  ;))))----it was actually the only word i could think of  that is a

cockney rhyming slang word

for    c..........  tetchy arnt you  ;-)))  at least i did not call you 
---sweet--  :D)))) then youd really have reason
to complain exspecially as i  would mean uk version to an adult  ;-D))))))  
!!!

your right, this is getting dullish............................  its getting

to sweet..uk meaning!!!!



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

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

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

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

><gathering at misera.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] ot sweet as...cool... ;)

>Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:55:45 +0100

>

>Hey Mel, not calling me a cockney rhyming runt are you?? :)

>

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

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



>Behalf Of melinda grant

>Sent: 11 September 2007 13:50

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: Re: [kj] ot sweet as...cool... ;)

>

>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>

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

> ><gathering at misera.net>

> >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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