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andrel wrote:
> On 17-7-2009 11:13, Tim Cook wrote:
>> m'boy. ^_^;
>
> Interesting phrase. Normally only used if the one who says it is either
> much older (and you clearly aren't) or if there is another big status
> difference like between slave and slaveholder. So I'll file this as a
> humorous instance of the latter.
See also: "Dang whippersnappers!" and "Kids these days. Why, when *I*
was your age, *mumble mumble* through six feet of snow! Uphill! Both
ways!"
...so more of a humourous, plainly wildly innacurate instance of the
former, poking fun at the curmudgeonly attitude of a stereotypical old
person.
--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net
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