"in anger" - the British definition

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tekkychick

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Just found out that the phrase "in anger" in the UK is used as - "it is generally used in British English to mean used for its intended purpose, or used for real rather than in tests."

Someone at work emailed if anyone knew a customer who was using a function of our product in anger.

I was a bit surprised that our product would upset anyone that much; further dialog & a google search clarified it.

Language can be fascinating sometimes! Applicability for these forums - no wonder we misunderstand one another sometimes when even a phrase like "in anger" can vary so much in the English-speaking world. For people where English isn't their primary language - wow.

Anyway, just thought it was interesting.

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30939/is-used-in-anger-a-britishism-for-something
 
tekkychick said:
Just found out that the phrase "in anger" in the UK is used as - "it is generally used in British English to mean used for its intended purpose, or used for real rather than in tests."

Someone at work emailed if anyone knew a customer who was using a function of our product in anger.

I was a bit surprised that our product would upset anyone that much; further dialog & a google search clarified it.

Language can be fascinating sometimes! Applicability for these forums - no wonder we misunderstand one another sometimes when even a phrase like "in anger" can vary so much in the English-speaking world. For people where English isn't their primary language - wow.

Anyway, just thought it was interesting.

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30939/is-used-in-anger-a-britishism-for-something
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We Brits are funny like that!!
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
We Brits are funny like that!!
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But Tom my dear taig, you are not British are you!!

You are an Irish type, a turf cutter, a seaweed scoffer, a Guinness swigger, a spud chomper, a pad.

Pretending to be a Brit shows us one thing.

That you are a hat.
 
007 said:
But Tom my dear taig, you are not British are you!!

You are an Irish type, a turf cutter, a seaweed scoffer, a Guinness swigger, a spud chomper, a pad.

Pretending to be a Brit shows us one thing.

That you are a hat.
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Better to be a hat than a crap hat!!
 
007 said:
But Tom my dear taig, you are not British are you!!

You are an Irish type, a turf cutter, a seaweed scoffer, a Guinness swigger, a spud chomper, a pad.

Pretending to be a Brit shows us one thing.

That you are a hat.
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Shut up you slimey limey!
 
He's definitely a "potato eater", who had the nerve to call me a racist. His opinion is "diluted" by his nationality and his ethnicity.
 
tekkychick said:
Just found out that the phrase "in anger" in the UK is used as - "it is generally used in British English to mean used for its intended purpose, or used for real rather than in tests."

Someone at work emailed if anyone knew a customer who was using a function of our product in anger.

I was a bit surprised that our product would upset anyone that much; further dialog & a google search clarified it.

Language can be fascinating sometimes! Applicability for these forums - no wonder we misunderstand one another sometimes when even a phrase like "in anger" can vary so much in the English-speaking world. For people where English isn't their primary language - wow.

Anyway, just thought it was interesting.

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30939/is-used-in-anger-a-britishism-for-something
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I have never heard this one.

thanks
 
maineman said:
You can't even spell words in English correctly... You should leave Latin for the grown ups. lol
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We have already established beyond any doubt that you do not understand English.

As for Latin, I doubt you know more than Two Words.

I'm surprised you didn't try to correct my use of xhosha on another thread!
But you probably understand less of xhosha or Latin than you do English.

But back to your grown up ad Homs!!
The maturity of you liberals.

Lets see, you, Zappa, Mott, howey, tom basically all of you, explode into vicious childish attacks at anyone who disagrees with you.
Even attacking families and children.
That's what you call Grown up?

Fucking pitifull.
All liberal fanatics are pitifull.
 
Rose Captain said:
We need a hall of fame for 007's racism.
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You can rest assured that you will find no racism in any of my posts.
Your posts however are dripping with hate, nazi propaganda, anti semitism and cross burning racism.

But you are a socialist.
Just like Hitler was.
 
tekkychick said:
Just found out that the phrase "in anger" in the UK is used as - "it is generally used in British English to mean used for its intended purpose, or used for real rather than in tests."

Someone at work emailed if anyone knew a customer who was using a function of our product in anger.

I was a bit surprised that our product would upset anyone that much; further dialog & a google search clarified it.

Language can be fascinating sometimes! Applicability for these forums - no wonder we misunderstand one another sometimes when even a phrase like "in anger" can vary so much in the English-speaking world. For people where English isn't their primary language - wow.

Anyway, just thought it was interesting.

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30939/is-used-in-anger-a-britishism-for-something
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i am not sure that the u s version of english is uniform in the u s, in fact i rather doubt that it is

oh well
 
There is little uniformity in the English language.
According to some, who don't understand English, Shakespeare was a retard.
That refers to true English or to US English.

The truest form of English, as we know it, is spoken along the Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Northumberland coastal regions of northeastern England.
 
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