Date   : Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:03:02 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Michael McConnell <soruk@...>
Subject: Re: Making a 3.5" Beeb floppy drive

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Annihilannic wrote:

> Mark Usher wrote:
> >> I got a bog standard  Sony from PC World and powered it from the Beeb.
> > Arrrghhhh "Box Standard" as in "straight out of the box"
> 
> Ah, a fellow pedant!  :-)

[snip]

> I'd say 'bog standard' has safely secured it's place in the modern 
> vernacular by now though.  *sigh*  I have to admit that one was news to me.

I always understood "bog standard" to imply cheap & cheerful (or cheap & 
nasty) stuff, as opposed to high-end gear - which may also come straight out 
of a box. Bog standard... the stuff that might as well be flushed down it.

-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
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