On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:27:00 -0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:

On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:19:54 -0000, Peter Duncanson [BrE] wrote:

On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:09:56 -0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:

On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 11:48:47 -0000, Fredxx wrote:

On 16/03/2018 11:21, Rednadnerb wrote:
On Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 8:54:50 PM UTC, Fredxx wrote:
On 15/03/2018 12:14, Rednadnerb wrote:
Maybe Mr Wilkinson has a bad history but you are the one who I wish would stop posting.

I wish you would quote the text you're replying to.

PHucker is in my killfile so all I see is your meaningless text.

Oops, sorry I think I did it again.

My apologies for being curt.

Usenet has few conventions but some (I'm one of the guilty parties) get
a little shirty if they're not followed.

I wonder why people say "shirty". It's nothing to do with shirts.

It might have something to do with shirts.

The OED entry for "shirty" point to this use of "shirt":

"to get (a person's) shirt out", to cause him to lose his temper.
"to keep one's shirt on": to remain calm (orig. U.S.).

Perhaps, only perhaps, that might refer to a person removing his shirt
to fight.

How does removing your shirt make it easier to fight? Or is it to intimidate your enemy with your muscles?

I'll leave that to a fighter to answer.


--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)