Re: UKNM: UK Slang

[Stefan Magdalinski]

Tim Ireland wrote:

> 

> Due to the nature of the net a lot of the slang involved tends to be

> international, BUT there is a phrase exclusive to UK newsgroups, (spoken

> often by exasperated oldbies):

> 

> "freeserve has a lot the answer for"

> 


"The snobbery shown by current internet users to newbies coming online

is exactly equivalent to the pioneers on the Mayflower looking down on

the people arriving *on the second boat*"


John Perry Barlow. 


stefan


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