On Sep 26, 11:34 pm, "Vince" <vpilu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Martin Edwards" <big_mart...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Vince wrote:
> >> "David / Amicus" <Ami...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> Isn't "prig" Britspeak for "stuffed ****rt"?
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> >> I have no idea
> > (c) a self-righteously correct or moralistic person
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> > The SOED gives several meanings, but this is what it usually means in
> > modern usage.
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> > Cor****ate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all
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t
> > has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with
management
> > decisions. -From =93Rollerball=94
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> Has anyone seen or heard the title of the new 007 opus?
> Another outdated term "Quantum of Solace"
> Most fans won't know what it means.
I like it. It's a phrase that Ian Fleming used in one of his Bond
stories, and it's also apropos to what happened in "Casino Royale":
http://commanderbond.net/article/4822
I still find it hard to believe that they changed the title of
"Licence Revoked" to "Licence to Kill" because Americans re****tedly
didn't get it. It's not like "revoke" is an obscure word.
Sue
