You have proven my statement. :o) I am 'educated', but obviously not 'well-educated.' :o) As to 'Pratt,' I've never heard that term before.


>>Me too. I thought it was a silly humourous statement. Terry's command of the English language is so far advanced from mine though that he grasps understandings from words that I don't.
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>Aw, now you're just trying to get round me with flattery! :-)
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>>I think the word may have a different connotation to it in England than it does here in the states.
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>from that which it has here in the States Sorry - being a prigg!
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>Here, we use a lot of English words differently than from their original meaning which is incorrect I know, but habit.
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>Just HAD TO!!!!
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>BTW, do you lot use the expression "pratt", meaning an "pathetic idiot"? Many people here with the surname Pratt (like the dr in ER) would have it chaged by deed poll.
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>>>I'm sure you did but Alex has already got me down as Terry the prig (I've been called some names in my life but never that)
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>>>>>I apologize. I meant it entirely in jest and good humour...
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>>>Then I apologize. It was not meant that way. It is not a word I'm that familiar with. Hadn't seen it in years. "Priggishness" sounded funny. No harm meant.