what's the difference between "mad" & "cr

mydream   Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:44 am GMT
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SpaceFlight   Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:44 am GMT
What's ''cr?
mydream   Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:46 am GMT
i'm sorry,the topic's just too long,the last word in my topic is "crazy"
Guest   Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:51 am GMT
Well, in the United States, "mad" more often means "angry".
Guest   Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:57 am GMT
Sometimes "mad" means crazy, as in a mad professor.
american nic   Fri Dec 30, 2005 4:05 am GMT
Yes, but "mad" in the sense of crazy or insane is rare in the US, and sounds either quite British or archaic.
SpaceFlight   Fri Dec 30, 2005 4:07 am GMT
Yeah, ''mad'' usually would mean ''angry'' here in the United States.
Tiffany   Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:00 am GMT
Hmm, I think I must be an anomaly. I don't think "mad" for "crazy" sounds archaic. British, I don't know... maybe. I was one of those kids that went to international schools. Lots of British teachers and fellow studens who were British (as well as a plethora of other nationalities). Doesn't sound strange to me at all. I even use "mad" as "crazy" in my daily speech, though I admit I don't use it THAT often, but why would you use a word like that often?
Pravi   Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:55 pm GMT
While describing someone as "mad" in the US means they're fed up or angry. In the UK it means they're deranged or unbalanced.
Crazy has the same meaning of mad or acting silly in US and UK. But it is sometimes replaced for 'passionate' or 'wild'.
JJM   Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:02 pm GMT
Hitler was mad; Mosley was crazy.
Pravi   Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:10 pm GMT
<<Hitler was mad; Mosley was crazy>>
Who is Mosley? Shane Mosley???
JJM   Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:37 pm GMT
Ecko   Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:28 am GMT
Sounds mad crazy
SpaceFlight   Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:50 am GMT
<<I even use "mad" as "crazy" in my daily speech, though I admit I don't use it THAT often, but why would you use a word like that often?>>

Yeah, why would you?
Uriel   Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:28 am GMT
Although Americans don't use "mad" in the sense of "crazy' often, we DO retain terms like "mad scientist", "mad dog", "madhouse", and "maddening" and do NOT substitute "crazy" in those phrases.