Re: [OT] British vs. American English
"pissed"
In Germany we say "angepisst sein" if somebody is angry, but of cause,
the British soldiers in Germany used the English term "pissed" for being
"drunken", resp. they said "totally pissed".
Now I wounder, if "pissed" in British English already means not to know
where you are ... in what condition is somebody who isn't "pissed", but
"totally pissed"?
In German English "pissed" is for both, being angry or being drunken,
since it's usual for German words to have several meanings.
The German word "Schirm" in English http://www.dict.cc/?s=schirm
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