you have to just soldier on sometimes and if you can at least keep a soh then you're halfway there

couldnt agree more

Couldn't understand less. "keep a soh?"

Nor me but things are, indeed, looking up.

soh=Sense of Humour

I've also seen it used to mean 'Significant Other Half'.

Ta. You gotta laugh, incha.

I suppose this would be a bad time to lament the demise of language at the onslaught of txtspk?

At least it's not double-speak...

eh?

and after you've killed it,you have to dispose of said varmint.
4ft plus bloody hole google suggested.if you don't want it being dug up by helpful dog.

Doublespeak.

Language constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often resulting in a communication bypass. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs) or deliberate ambiguity.

Also sometimes known as politician-speak or PC correctness.

Was thinkng about this the other night actually. The Oxford English dictionary or whichever one it is, adds an amount of 'new' words I think each year, but who gets to decide which ones are here to stay or are just a passing fad?

I mean in Shakespears (or whenever the irst dictionary was ((thinks back to Blackadder and suspects it might have been during the reign of the dumb prince )) day, the language was very different and there must have been purists that thought the inclusion of certain new fangled words was a travesty.

So how can you define 'proper' English as language is forever evolving with the times.

I''m not having a go at you either Novo I agree with the whole txtspk bunch of crap issue - however as people spend more and more time online talking to more and more people, it just means you can type quicker.

I just stick them in the manure pile, barely covered, and have never had one resurface. That may be due to the environment, perhaps you should get a couple of yards of horseshit.

Am good for a couple more holes yet.Horseshit can wait.