[kj] ot darren.. israelli neo nazis/ a qu... ;)

[jo]

Hence in my objectionable:-)) mail I agreed with Mel and then went on to use 
it to describe an endearing quality.

Ah well.

It can all become very 'Eats, shoots and leaves'; can't it?

jo



>

> On top of what Bolly said, I think it might be cultural thing, and it is

> almost definitely a context thing. My first thought is that it was a nice

> compliment...perhaps manners are so rare in the UK now though that

> compliments are looked at askance...

>

> (*JOKE!*) ;p

>

> PS: "Sweet" as a word in NZ meaning "cool" "awesome" "outta sight" 

> "groovy"

> kinda thing started ages ago, Bongo will back me up on this. We have a

> saying "Sweet as" as well...meaning about the same thing. I'm pretty sure

> they both originated in NZ, in that context I mean, I remember being blown

> away when I heard Cartman on Southpart say "Sweet" once, meaning "cool"

> kinda thing...I think it spread to surfy culture and out from there and is

> common in various places amongst the "kids" now :)

>

> Sweet? Sweet.