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Re: Ranting on about English English
Posted By: Nyperold, on host 205.216.76.240
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2000, at 18:12:26
In Reply To: Re: Ranting on about English English posted by Brunnen-G on Tuesday, September 26, 2000, at 14:30:37:

> > > I recently read a Sonic story written by an English girl. It had Sonic taking about getting "kitted up", something that still takes a bit for me to imagine. :) I'm not putting her down for it, it just jars one a little. I assume the phrase means getting equipped, yes?
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> > Nyperold
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> Yes. What does it mean to Americans? I'm always amazed by how many common (for me, at least) phrases *aren't* really global English after all.
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> Brunnen-"still trying to cope with learning nobody but us says berko or aggro"G

It isn't used over here, oddly enough.

I thought I'd seen "aggro" used in connection with skateboarding, but I've no idea what it means.

Nyperold