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Message board > THANKS!!!
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Helen McK
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THANKS!!!
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Thanks a million to those of you who left really nice comments re. my latest contribution reducing file size and improving your worksheets.
I�m very chuffed now. |
3 Dec 2008
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blizzard1
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Hi eng789,
In the Merrian Webster dictionary I found the following informations about chuffed:
adjective
Etymology:
English dialect chuff pleased, puffed with fat
Date:
1957
I personaly haven�t heard chuffed that often. I think it�s more used in Britain and in Ireland than in other English speaking countries. |
3 Dec 2008
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Vickiii
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Hmmm, I know the word chuffed,
It is very english.
My kiwi friend (who lived in london for 5 years) uses it
As does an english cousin.
It is like saying
"I was really stoked!"
"I was really pleased"
"That was sweet as" or just "s_weeeeet"
Hope that is clear as mud.
Vicki |
3 Dec 2008
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eng789
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I�ve been living in Israel for too long I guess, because I have never heard the word before and Canadian English is my mother tongue. I was there for 1 1/2 months during the summer and never heard it.
Language is a wonderful - always expanding and changing thing. Thanks for teaching me a new word.
"Okay now, Vicki, where does "stoked" come from and how come it means the same as "sweet" which is slang/expression I am familiar with. I know that "stokers" were the men who put coal in the furnaces on the Titanic and later they helped row the life boats - but how did "stoked" become a positive expression?
Is that also a "downunder" expression? |
3 Dec 2008
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bamarcia
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When I saw the word chuffed in the post, I decided to copy it into a file in which I save "new words". It�s a relief to know even native speakers come across new words sometimes!!! Being a non-native English teacher is tough sometimes! By the way, I�ll check "downunder" and copy it as well as stoked into my file right now!!!
Better, I�ll save the complete posts!!! Thanks for them! ;)
Helen, you�ll get many more comments and downloads when your printable is available "free" tonight!!!
Regards from Brazil,
Marcia |
3 Dec 2008
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