The Onion on U.K. slang

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Mon Nov 19 18:28:02 UTC 2007


On Nov 19, 2007, at 9:32 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> At 11/19/2007 12:12 PM, Gerald Cohen wrote:
>> Would someone on the other side of the pond be so kind as to
>> translate the slang terms in the item below.
>
> And should I assume the Onion item is a spoof, and the BBC Ten
> O'Clock News did not actually say thusly?

The Onion *is* a spoof.  i was assuming that people here knew that.

go to the website:

   http://www.theonion.com/content/index

today's big head: U.S. Postal Service Destroyed By Four Reckless Teens
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arnold

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