Tom Parmenter wrote:
Toby Bartels wrote:
Ed Poor wrote:
Why are you so cantankerous? You, you -- you CURMUDGEON!
Comparing our personalities: Is Ed calling somebody "curmudgeon" equivalent to me calling somebody "asshole"? Remember, it's all relative to what we normally say. ^_^
No, it's relative to civility and incivility; "darn" is not as offensive as "damn" no matter who says it.
That's not what I was referring to. I meant the equivalent in terms of the speaker's internal thoughts.
-- Toby