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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: New(ish) X100S
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 10:34:24 +0100
Like the "naff" train I've managed to catch from King's Cross.  It's a stopping 
train so it will take me an hour to get to Biggleswade instead of 40 minutes.

Oh well, at least there are plenty of emails to check . . .

Chris

On 30 May 2013, at 07:40, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> He's thinking of 'naff'.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.soultheft.com
> Author/Publisher: The SLR Compendium - http://www.blurb.com/books/3732813
> 
> 
> 
> On 30/05/2013, at 3:41 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> 
>> Thanks, Bob.  That's rather interesting; I must admit that "chuffed" is not 
>> in my daily vocabulary, but I do use it fairly often.  I see from an online 
>> dictionary that it was allegedly used first in 1957: it's only as old as I 
>> am (I was born in 1954) ;-)
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> On 29 May 2013, at 16:00, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> PS: From the On Language Department, "chuffed" is one of those words that 
>>> means exactly the opposite of what it looks/sounds like. At least to me. 
>>> When I first opened your post the initial scan got to chuffed and expected 
>>> the rest of the post to be an expression of disappointment. A few words 
>>> farther along and I realized my brain had been slapping me around again. 
>> 
>> -- 
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