tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32546160.post8610554600805993347..comments2024-03-01T21:25:50.289+11:00Comments on astropixie: that's PANTS!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14621483772952311458noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32546160.post-16369451485328731872009-10-07T09:06:05.864+11:002009-10-07T09:06:05.864+11:00'knackered' means tired when applied to a ...'knackered' means tired when applied to a person or, I'd say, animal, broken (probably beyond repair) when applied to something inanimate.<br /><br />While visiting the U.S. I was on the edge of a conversation where they were discussing an, obviously male, person wearing red suspenders. Until I twigged the language difference I thought it remarkably liberal for a fairly conservative Edhttp://www.edavies.nildram.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32546160.post-61356751812051223082009-10-07T06:26:43.363+11:002009-10-07T06:26:43.363+11:00tired.
and don't think that when you say your...tired.<br /><br />and don't think that when you say your pissed that it means what you think it means!lalamandalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02532385263971587326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32546160.post-66478646028950887052009-10-07T06:11:57.724+11:002009-10-07T06:11:57.724+11:00... what does 'knackered' mean then?... what does 'knackered' mean then?Big Mark 243https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32546160.post-34376915295911331172009-10-07T02:51:46.104+11:002009-10-07T02:51:46.104+11:00"Can’t be arsed" = "can't be bo..."Can’t be arsed" = "can't be bothered", from 'arse', which is slang for buttocks.Andy Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076455748492411216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32546160.post-76720977384488405852009-10-07T02:48:56.012+11:002009-10-07T02:48:56.012+11:00Well, it means that you don't want to do somet...Well, it means that you don't want to do something, usually because you have better things to do.<br /><br />Have you been an hour early at a meeting because it was taking place at half 4? (meaning half past 4 in the UK and half past 3 any other germanic country...)<br /><br />Good luck and keep the stories coming please :)carolunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177121489879833437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32546160.post-47431908974621244662009-10-07T00:17:34.174+11:002009-10-07T00:17:34.174+11:00uh oh - apparently i dont know what "I can...uh oh - apparently i dont know what "I can't be arsed" means. carolune, help!<br /><br />i learned the wrong way that "buggered" and "knackered" have different meanings!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621483772952311458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32546160.post-83307209725787843022009-10-07T00:01:41.387+11:002009-10-07T00:01:41.387+11:00Ha ha ha!
When I first arrived in the UK for my P...Ha ha ha!<br /><br />When I first arrived in the UK for my PhD, I learnt two new expressions: 'I can't be bothered' & 'I can't be arsed' (both from fellow PhD students - I wonder if that's significant - anyway).<br /><br />My English was good but not good enough to understand colloquial expressions and I'm definitely too naive to assume the expressions were carolunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177121489879833437noreply@blogger.com