den: (bugger)
den ([personal profile] den) wrote2004-01-23 02:55 pm

Bugger.

Bugger (quicktime.mov]

An ad that was on telly here, found by [livejournal.com profile] kelloggs2066

[identity profile] fledchen.livejournal.com 2004-01-23 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
That's interesting. Advertisers here in the U.S. typically avoid even the mildest of curse words. Maybe I just misunderstand the severity of the usage of "bugger" in Australia. At least where I live (Midwest), it's a diminutive, usually used to refer to rascally children or animals, or mildly frustrating inanimate objects. It was my understanding that the word means something quite different in the UK and Oceania.

[identity profile] fledchen.livejournal.com 2004-01-23 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
erm, Midwest United States, that is. I'm a bit dopey tonight.

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2004-01-23 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
The word has a lot of uses here. Swatting a fly: "Got the bugger!" Noisy kids "Will you noisy buggers get out side?" You want someone to stop wasting time "Stop playing silly-buggers" Something bad happens "Ah, bugger"

It's a good word, and very mild here in Aus.

[identity profile] ceruleanst.livejournal.com 2004-01-23 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
There it's mild because people aren't uptight. Here it's mild because people don't know what it means.

[identity profile] hedgegoth.livejournal.com 2004-01-23 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
i want one of those trucks now.
bugger.

[identity profile] oceansedge.livejournal.com 2004-01-23 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
**giggles**
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[personal profile] chezmax 2004-01-23 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
*giggle*

The dog one was funny! :)

[identity profile] weyrdbird.livejournal.com 2004-01-23 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Somehow I thought the meaning was a bit ruder.

Bugger!:D