Posted by Tetsuo (AKCF3-GGI.xtra.co.nz/210.54.247.221) on November 29, 2002 at 05:15:56
In Response to Re: Doumo, futari tomo. posted by Haeleth on November 27, 2002 at 12:38:42:
> > "Sweet FA"?? You know that means "sweet fuck all", right?
>
> Not really.
>
> OED sv F III. 3. a. has "F.A., = FANNY ADAMS"; sv Fanny Adams,
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> 2. slang. Freq. prec. by sweet: nothing at all. Cf. F.A. (F III. 3).
> Sometimes interpreted as a euphemism for ‘sweet fuck all’ in the same sense.
> So there you go. :D
Ditto =P
> "Real working-class English English" would have to be something like "Fuck me, that's like fucking awesome," but I'm trying to avoid swearing (what would my dear maiden aunt think?!).
How about making him sound like a stereotyped, prime-time TV version of a coal miner? I can't remember what part of England the dialect I"m thinking of is supposed to be from though >_<
Like the guy at the start of the Spanish Inquisition sketch by Monty Python...