Or "plastered", "wasted", "smashed", etc, etc.
Chuck Norcutt
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] I'm really pissed
> Sent: Apr 24 '11 07:02
>
> Yeah, when we're rally drunk, we are what's known as "hammered."
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Apr 24, 2011, at 12:08 AM, <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Some 'Murkins (myself included) might understand "I'm really pissed" as
> being drunk if heard in the right context. But it's not a common 'Murkin
> expression. I've probably learned it from movies or perhaps this very list.
> :-)
> > "Pissed off" is more complete when the meaning is "infuriated" but the
> "off" is understood... if in the right context.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >
> >> -------Original Message-------
> >> From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] I'm really pissed
> >> Sent: Apr 23 '11 20:04
> >>
> >> On 4/23/2011 11:52 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> >>> Language usage
> >>>
> >>> If you said in New Zealand (or maybe Australia as well)
> >>> "I'm really pissed", people would understand that you were *very* drunk.
> >>>
> >>> Paralytic, in other words. On your ear.
> >>>
> >>> If you said "I'm really pissed off", people would understand that you
> were
> >>> seriously annoyed. .... The word "off" makes all the difference. :-)
> >>
> >> Exactly.
> >>
> >> I also thought there should be an "off" at the end of the subject line.
> but I may have watched too many non-'Murkin,
> >> English speaking movies.
> >>
> >> Moose
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