[Osx-nutters] "As mad as cheese"

Google Kreme gkreme at gmail.com
Sun Oct 29 16:17:58 CET 2006


On 29 Oct 2006, at 02:26 , Stefano Mori wrote:
> On 2006-Oct-28, at 18:20, Matt Johnston wrote:
>> Never heard of it.
>
> On 2006-Oct-28, at 20:09, Google Kreme wrote:
>> Never heard the phrase.
>
> On 2006-Oct-28, at 23:27, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>> Not familiar with it.
>
> Aha, so it's not just me.

<http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-mad1.htm>
This is mainly a British expression, now very common. However,  
examples have started to appear in American publications, suggesting  
it is making inroads there. Mad here is used in the sense of crazy or  
deranged, not angry.

-- 
[The PSP] could have voice recognition too, so when you go  
"nyuuurrrrrrrr-uuuuuurrrrrrrrrrr-uuuuuuurrrrrrrrr" you go faster, and  
when you go "Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" you stop



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