[arachne] Re: Contributing.. what is PITA

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On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:27:23 +0011, Peter Lawrence wrote:




It is neither well known nor colloquial. It is US dialect. PML.



It's not dialect, it's slang--known wherever American English is spoken. But it's not known by the accronym "PITA" but as the phrase "pain in the ass". A really big annoyance is often called
a "royal pain in the ass". Obviously American slang. While there
are many dialects of American speech a word like "ass" which is
commonly used wherever American English is spoken is not dialect.

Americans would almost always refer to the small, four legged beast of
burden as a "donkey". While we would understand that Jesus rode an ass
into Jerusalem if we saw one today it would be a donkey or maybe if
one was speaking colorfully and very informally a "jackass". One
might also use "jackass" to describe someone who was being a really
big pain in the ass--as in "He's a real jackass." But that is a very
informal usage.




Yes, the phrase pain in the ass is well known american slang. I'd venture that all of the Americans I know(tons) use or know this phrase. I was referring to the acronym PITA, when I said I've only recently(a year or 2) seen it used on the net and have never actually heard someone say it.


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