Posted by Peter H on March 31, 2000 at 12:37:08 from host213-1-4-71.host.btclick.com:
In Reply to: Ransome's characters, in PAIRS posted by Ed Kiser on March 29, 2000 at 21:33:06:
'When one says, "I'm feeling Rogerish," this carries a
definite description that we all understand'
Ed - I presume that you are posting from the US - apologies for the error if you are not. We've had jokes about 'rogerish' before, but it would be childish for us in the UK to go on sniggering, so can I just politely point out, at the risk of spoiling the fun, that in the UK, the verb 'to roger' has an alternative definite description that we all understand, and this is many a mile away from any Ransomeish connotations. However, it looks from Robert Hill's message as if Harry Potter is moving into this area. (Apologies also if this is what you meant in the first place!)