On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Susan Kline <skline at peak.org> wrote: > > "Bloody" was once a fairly serious swear word there, while it hardly is > known here except from watching the BBC. Ruddy sounds like a variant of it. > "Bloody" was strong, if I remember right, because it stands for Christ's > blood. > I heard something different from an English friend of mine. But yes, it is still considered improper. -- John Formsma, RPT Blue Mountain, MS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120522/023534e7/attachment.htm>
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