X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CECE9FB362 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:05:17 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 69992-03-3 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:05:06 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony6.iinet.net.au (ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony6.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.224]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07E589FB367 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:02:26 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 203-214-45-213.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO [192.168.0.248]) ([203.214.45.213]) by mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony6.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 07 Sep 2006 03:02:25 +0800 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.08,221,1154880000"; d="scan'208"; a="445662143:sNHT14279622" Message-ID: <44FF1B27.5090808@mira.net> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:01:59 +1000 From: Naz Gassiep User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-www@postgresql.org Subject: Re: PostgreSQL web site References: <007c01c6cadc$c852d343$6a01a8c0@valehousing.co.uk> <44F3561B.9070309@commandprompt.com> In-Reply-To: <44F3561B.9070309@commandprompt.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.17 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200609/33 X-Sequence-Number: 10611 > Heh no I am pure American, which means I am everything and nothing. I > use that spelling when I want to swear without swearing. Similar to > the use of "bloody". > It's actually supposed to be the other way around hehe. "Ass" is the old English word for donkey, while "arse" is the reference to one's buttocks. So describing someone as an "ass" could really be argued to be quite proper even in heated conversation, as it could be a reference to their stubborn nature or unwillingness to compromise, while calling another an "arse" is an unambiguous derogatory linking between them and a posterior.