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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My MIL is World War II generation and says to DS, "don't get cross with me."[/quote]

Huh?  What does this mean?[/quote]

Clarification: I know what don't get cross with me means, I just wonder why it is remarkable or related to being WWII generation.  Can you explain?[/quote]
It means cranky or even smart alecky -- wow -- I feel old and I am not even 50!
LOLOL![/quote]

Yes, we know what it means, we just don't get (a) why it's funny/remarkable or (b) what saying it has to do with being of WWII generation?

I guess the PP thinks it is an old-fashioned, funny-sounding expression?[/quote]

I'm the one who asked that initially, and I'm British though I've been here for 15 years.  I'm in my 30s and probably use that expression multiple times a week.  If I tell my child, "I'm very cross with you and I want you to apologize", or "I'll be very cross if you don't stop pestering your brother"  it means that I will be (mildly) angry or mad.  I had no idea that it was considered dated, funny or that it was (I assume) primarily British.[/quote]

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