double entendres (was@: [uf-discuss] Regarding Profile URIs and Disambiguation)

[Andy Mabbett]

In message <87irgezm16.fsf at tapsellferrier.co.uk>, Nic James Ferrier
<nferrier at tapsellferrier.co.uk> writes

>> <Sigh>  A "double entendre" often refers to something with a negative
>> meaning. I was basically asking if that's what he was implying without being
>> defensive.
>
>In English a dounle entendre is not negative. It's rude.

See:

        <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre>

noting that the efforts to explain the "barman" joke are misplaced, as
there is a cocktail (drink) called the "double entendre".

>It's not normally considered negative. Just silly.

I dispute that!

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