[lbo-talk] It's so beautiful

[Grant Lee]

andie nachgeborenen wrote:
>
>
> >>
> >> I know "torch" means "flashlight" over in Britain.
> >> But for a moment, I
> >> had this ghastly image of women examining themselves
> >> with welders'
> >> oxycetylene torches going full blast.
> >
> >
> > And "fag" means cigarette, and "faggot" means wood or
> > charcoal for grilling. (the American "faggot" comes
> > from this, via "flaming.")

It often raises a laugh in Australia when characters in US TV shows talk
about "rooting for their team", as "rooting" here means fucking.