Hey Wayne.......isn't EVERYTHING about ME????LOL!

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I respectfully disagree. I don't think a battle with Britain captures the entirety of the American spirit at all. But I can see how it could rustle up patriotism in many Americans.

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Yep, I noticed later that they're variant spellings. I'd just never seen the spelling with the "e."

The word literally means "swine dog." It's a pretty funny insult.

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the kelly clarkson one absolutely sucks!! cheesey's da man!

Thanks Jules!!! :thumbleft:

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actually the word schweinhund doesn't exist in german. at least i've never heard of it, because nobody uses it. the word schweinehund is common, but it is used as an insult in maximum 10% of the cases anybody uses it. usually it is only used in the context of "den inneren schweinehund besiegen" (to get over your personal limit to do something)

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this opens up real possibilities for fooling the PC among us (who love speaking foriegn phrases).

If someone is bothered by something said, just tell them its a failure to overcome your inneren scheweinehund. They think you're admitting to being an ass (since my guess is they will share the common misapprehension), when in fact you're using in the sense that Gilbert notes: you're saying, in effect, this pinheads don't understand how much they should be offended.

:)

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Huh???? I don't understand......

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s'ok. I wrote it, and I have no clue what I was talking about.

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+1 for that. :thumbleft:

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