Please let me take this opportunity to apologise publicly to (the) "several of the forum's users" who recently reported me to the Cakewalk moderators for using the word "t**t" in some of my recent posts.
 
I'll try my best not to use this word again.
 
 
Steve
 
 

What is the word t**t?  

ee?
wa?
ex?
ar?
ha?
ro?

I just do not believe that "twit" is that offensive.

One thing I've noticed after more than a decade in the US is that the t-word and c-word are taken very much literally, to mean the female genitalia. Whereas in the UK you can use them as all-purpose expletives without such connotations. It took me a while to realize how serious the c-word is over here...I think it was that episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, where Larry uses it during a game of poker, that finally made it click. 

the only thing I know like that is s-word - that sabre people use for fighting.  c-word, t-word, n-word - I cannot even pronounce them.  

Some people are just wound too  tight. Stupid twa*s. I watch and listen to lots of BBC programmes and have come to use the word in lieu of the word idiot. 

Steve your one of the best persons I have ever met and always #1 in my world!

Yes, toot is a very offensive word Steve.  Especially when it is accompanied by a used-vindaloo aroma.

(So is this lynch mob going after Bapu's signature next? )

Who is this lynch mob?

In line with Sharke's remarks, there are several American commonly used expressions that would be offensive if considered in their original meaning; e.g. calling someone a "jerk".

Your expression of regret and remorse is truly refreshing and should be rewarded by a classic example of Brit-speak/Ameri-speak: So you may well appreciate the expressions of shock and concern on my British friend's faces when I mentioned that when my father was a young man in the 1930s he wore knickers.

For everyone else, I meant these:




but they pictured my father in something like these: