- Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:42 am
#139842
I often wondered if this is true for both USA and UK ?
he he .. yes I also noticed the tendency for some use of originally negative sounding words to actually mean something positive. Words like 'sick', 'crazy', 'awesome', 'bad ass' etc.lsega77 wrote:Zhao, one of the funny things about the english language is sometimes we use words that may seem 'bad' or 'insulting' to actually mean something good. So when Kirkt said 'sick' he was saying 'awesome' or 'really cool'.
I often wondered if this is true for both USA and UK ?
Lars Bjorstrup
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http://www.xlars.dk
Maxwell 2, Max 2012, Win 7 64x, ASUS Rampage III Extreme, Intel Core i7 950 Quadcore 2.8 Ghz, 2 x Gigabyte GTX 280, 24Gb DDR 3 RAM