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

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"Sweet as a nut " originates back to a time when the only sweetener available was a sweet nut , before sugar was invented.
     "Sweet as a nut " originates along time before the advent of New Zealand , "Sweet as a nut!" was being used in the UK even before convicted UK bread thieves were looking out from Byron bay and thinking to themselves...."I wonder if there's any land out there"> >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.....> >> >_______________________________________________> >Gathering mailing list> >Gathering at misera.net> >http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering> >> >> >--> >No virus found in this incoming message.> >Checked by AVG Free Edition.> >Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.14/999 - Release Date: 10/09/2007> >5:43 p.m.> >> >> >_______________________________________________> >Gathering mailing list> >Gathering at misera.net> >http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering> >> >> > > ><< winmail.dat >>> > > >_______________________________________________> >Gathering mailing list> >Gathering at misera.net> >http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering> > _________________________________________________________________> Test your celebrity IQ.  Play Red Carpet Reveal and earn great prizes! > http://club.live.com/red_carpet_reveal.aspx?icid=redcarpet_hotmailtextlink2> 
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