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1) United States, near Boston.

2) Yes. Bit of an interesting story how I found out. I was reporting a Suefic in the PotC Mary Sue report, and I happened to mention this typo the Suethor had made. She had intended to write "sob." The line ended up being:

Mr. Gibbs began to sod uncontrollably.

Oh, the images. :)

3) No. Ever since 2) happened, I could never bring myself to use it without breaking into loud peals of laughter. Oh well!

mid-east in the Deep South, U.S. (but I lived in the U.K. until 2001.)

Yes, I tend to use it when I'm annoyed with someone. Smeg is another good word. or Flargnogg. (you have to be creative when working with small children who delight in repeating words they aren't meant to hear.)

1) Colorado, USA.
2)I am indeed. Yay obsessions with Harry Potter, Dr. Who, and British relatives. (Not obsessions with said relatives. Possession of.)
3)Not often, though I may start using it more often. My current curse words of choice are 'bloody,' 'gorram,' 'jesus h. roosevelt christ,' and various canned and usual ones. And, of course, 'merde' and 'scheisse.' Though, come to think of it, I have been known to tell the Evil Brother to sod off.

Here endeth my pointless rant concerning my use of profanity.

--anamia

And only after we'd done a fair number of missions did I actually stop and think 'WHOOPS!'

So yes, not recommended! And I very probably should have got a large slap on the wrist for that one. I'm still kind of waiting for it to turn up, actually.

I was going to start a system, but got called away. Perhaps missions should be filed by author? And department, and fandom? As in, a DMS mission I wrote for Wicked would be tagged:

author: sedri, fandom: wicked, deparment: dms

Something like that? And then additional tags for community notices, the TIANATDITPPC, and so on? I'll go with that for now and make changes later as need be.

I'll use "sod" sometimes when I'm annoyed with someone, but that's the extent. I imagine it comes from "sodomy"? And you know where I am ;)

1) New Zealand
2) Yes. And frequently bemused by the fact that despite its literal meaning, it's not considered a Bad Word here. Although then again, neither is 'bugger'.
3) Alllll the time.

Thanks for the Links.

Actually, I may be tempted to read a Legendary Badfic anyway. I mean, it can't be THAT bad, right? right?

(And shouldn't My Immortal be on that list?)

1. Southwest U.S.
   
   2. Yes, thanks to Hot Fuzz.
   
   3. Because I tend to imitate the speaking styles of things I read or watch, I used it a bit after seeing Hot Fuzz the first time, and a few times recently thanks to reading the Board/PPC missions.

It's only begging if I grovel. If I just ask outright, that's fine.

1) Just upstairs from you, Padsy.

2) More so than I was earlier, after hearing you list the words you wanted to use that the censors were blocking.

3) Sometimes.

Don't worry. I'm a northerner; I have a vast stock of endearments to break out in times of crisis, pet.

That pathetic look is the human version of Monty's begging for food face! Therefore, to me, it's begging.

Mm, roast...

I think I may be growing immune to the 'sweetie darling' ploy. Possibly. Hopefully.

Excuse me, I never beg.

Look pathetic, yes. Remind you of the divine roast I cooked you this evening, yes. Beg, no.

It's not nice seeing (or reading, for that matter) a grown woman beg :P

So, I just had the fun of trying to explain what "sodding" means to an American, in a forum with censors that don't allow the word "bugger". It was surprisingly hard difficult. So, random language usage question:

1) Where are you?

2) Are you familiar with the meaning of "sodding"?

3) Do you actually use the word?

Count yourself lucky, I nearly went for sweetie darling, but I was distracted by Trojie texting.

Darling? You're really laying it on thick this time. *steps to one side* You won't get anything if those anvils hit me.

In which case, darling, could you be a dear and run and grab me another beer please?

If you were Tim I'd have brained you with that kettle by now. Then again, you actually know how to ask nicely and say please, which is something that git lacks.

Credit where it's due, lass. You have some authority. I'd trust you more than many with the kettle, for a start.

Well, theys hould stop it, because it drives me up the wall, and when I rule the world said people will be first up against the wall.

Well, you can always cheat, like I did, and not actually seek Permission until you've been writing for a year, and then have fifty missions count as your writing sample. But that's not recommended.