>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. I think the word may have a different connotation to it in England than it does here in the states. Here, we use a lot of English words differently than their original meaning which is incorrect I know, but habit.

And there, of course, is the rub. Many of us use language in a connotative manner, rather than a definitive one. The connotations often have no corresponding meaning in another part of the world, and so others end up assuming definition instead.

Just don't buy a phrase translation book from Michael Palin. ;)

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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.