Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
> 
>> necoandjeff wrote:
>>
>>> Declan Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> necoandjeff wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paul Blay wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Musashi" wrote in evul printable ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote ...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [what does "get bent" mean" trimmed due to massive quotation
>>>>>>>>>> level failure]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I had always assumed it was British slang. Something close to
>>>>>>>>> "piss off". I guess I was wrong?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't know whether it is /British slang/ but I'm pretty sure
>>>>>>>> it's slang in Britain.
>>>>>>>> I suppose it just depends on what stone Declan's been living under
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Reasonably common Merkingo as well. I think of it as having a
>>>>>>> British origin, but I have absolutely no facts to back up that
>>>>>>> belief. 
>>>>>
>>>>>> Really? I've never heard it before.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you buy your rocks the same place as Declan does?
>>>>
>>>> Possibly. I only heard "gone postal" for the first time a few weeks
>>>> ago. 
>>>
>>> Wow. Now that is a fairly common merikanism.
>>
>> It is? The only place I can imagine encountering much in the way of 
>> merkanisms in my daily life in here in the not-usenet, but a google 
>> search of FJLIJ reveals only one mention - mine.
>>
>> Only newspapers/mags I read in English are Austrian or English, I 
>> think I've only seen 2 flicks at the cinema in English this year 
>> (Harry Potter & something), and "gone postal" doesn't appear to have 
>> popped up on BBC or ABC. Everything else I see or hear is japaneez.
>>
> 5530 hits for "went postal"
> 178000 hits for "going postal"
> 
> It's all in the verb tense, Declan.

Googling the sites of the only English language newspapers/mags I read 
for "going postal" brought up a handful of hits, all relating to Terry 
Pratchett for some reason. As always. Googling FJLIJ, each of the above 
appear to have only been mentioned once each though. From now on, I'll 
endeavour to read every single one of Ryan's and John W's posts.


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