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It was sad to watch the niners fall to the Seahawks

If by "sad", you mean "awesome", I wholeheartedly agree.

An interesting phenomenon has been happening as of late in the bay area and that is there are a lot of "O" stickers appearing on cars. I am wondering where the sudden influx of Ducks fans appeared?

But, yes you are right, I was sad at the abysmal beating the niners got.

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To an extent, you're right about celebrating the linguistic differences as opposed to fighting over them. Divided by a common language and all that. Thing is, there are areas in which using the 'proper' words might make all the difference in the world. For instance, in America, playfully tweaking a lady's fanny, though frowned upon as a practise, probably won't get you in nearly as much trouble as it will here in the UK.

Similarly, sitting on one's bum over here is reasonably harmless; across the big water, there's a risk of accidentally smothering a homeless person.

At one time here in the UK, a child rushing to their parents in tears saying that they'd just lost their cherry would merely have engendered a soothing response and promises of another cherry. Now I believe it means something quite different and the response is more likely to come from Social Services cunts and botanically-euphemismed sting operations.

Hopefully, I don't railroad this thread. But, on the linguistic note, I have heard homeless referred to as "Outdoor Citizens" here in the states. So much for P.C.

Stimbo: No doubt you have heard this before, you are quite eloquent in your writing chap!