New to Python: Features

[Glenn Andreas]

In article <41621efc$0$59533$a1866201 at newsreader.visi.com>,
 Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> wrote:

> On 2004-10-05, Richard Blackwood <richardblackwood at cloudthunder.com> wrote:
> 
> >>>>>Hi, I'm new to Python and I'd like to know if Python has the following 
> >>>>>support: *please answer to each individually, thanks*
> >>>>>
> >>>>Wow. Rude much?
> >>>>
> >>>>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >>>>http://www.python.org/
> >>>>
> >>>What does "Rude much" mean?
> >>
> >>You've _got_ to be kidding...
> >
> > I don't think that that is proper english.
> 
> Oh. My. Gaawwwd!
> 
> Which one, the "Rude much?" crack or the "You've got to be
> kidding..." crack?  The latter isn't all that improper
> (especially not for Usenet).  The former is colloqial US
> English.  More specifically it's "Valley Speak" -- made popular
> outside "The Valley" by movies like "Valley Girl", "Mall Rats",
> "Heathers", and just about any John Hughes movie (especially
> Sixteen Candles).  The first two are crap, but "Heathers" is a
> good movie, and I still like "Sixteen Candles".

"Mall Rats" is set in New Jersey (part of the "Jersey Trilogy"), though 
filmed in Minnesota, and is pretty much completely free of "Valley 
Speak", but filled with "Jersey speak" (or whatever it would be called).

Heathers, however, is definitely a great movie... (and quite possibly 
does include the line "Rude much?").