HEyHEY
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Sat Apr-10-04 03:08 AM
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Do you American types say "cheeky?" |
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Sat Apr-10-04 03:17 AM
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We do occasionally say "fresh", but it is archaic
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Sat Apr-10-04 03:22 AM
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I found another slang term that's different. It should be spelled "cheaky" Anyway, it's all my mom said while I was growin up
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Sat Apr-10-04 03:25 AM
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4. The admonishment that one is cheeky is conferred differently here. |
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Maybe your mom used cheeky, but here one would either be grunted at or swatted at for behavior that would be cheeky. Cheekiness is corrected non-verbally
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Sat Apr-10-04 03:24 AM
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Us American types don't really...
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Sat Apr-10-04 03:26 AM
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Probably one of our last british sayings
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Sat Apr-10-04 03:27 AM
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Edited on Sat Apr-10-04 03:28 AM by Kathleen04
The Beatles' movie "A Hard Days Night"?..that's the only time I've ever heard anyone say it.. :)
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Sat Apr-10-04 03:28 AM
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It's so common up here. I have learned alot by this.
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Sat Apr-10-04 06:59 AM
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8. American anglophiles do |
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Especially those of us with fond memories of Mrs. Slocombe calling Mr. Lucas a cheeky monkey!
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Sat Apr-10-04 07:16 AM
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9. No, but it's one of the reasons |
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Sat Apr-10-04 07:18 AM
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10. Only When We Bend Over |
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To give someone something to kiss....
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Sat Apr-10-04 07:46 AM
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11. Mostly when we're trying to impress British girls |
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But somehow they always see right through us. Damn.
:freak: dbt
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Sat Apr-10-04 08:47 AM
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12. We are the Cheeky girls who like this cheeky thread |
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Sat Apr-10-04 08:50 AM
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13. No, we're above that kind of tasteless wordage. |
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We are, although as for our President...
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