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| Slang | 15 Dec 2003 07:41 GMT | 13 |
English, as we all know, is a language which is constantly evolving. You
have only to look at the textbooks which were in use just 20 or 30 years
ago, to see how English has changed in many subtle ways.
Many of the shorcuts in grammar which used to be considered sloppy - or just
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| Nursery rhyme origin | 12 Dec 2003 03:04 GMT | 1 |
I am looking for the origin of a nursery rhyme. If this is the wrong
group please direct me to the correct one.
The rhyme (may not be correct in every word) is:
Hector Protector was dressed all in green
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| Spike Milligan's "Father Thames" | 11 Dec 2003 17:45 GMT | 1 |
Does anyone of you know when and in which book/collection Milligan published
that poem?
Cheers,
Matthias
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| Non-native English Speaker | 11 Dec 2003 16:54 GMT | 11 |
English is a decisive tool to my career and I've learned it for a long long
time. Recently some people from other countries tell me that my English is
not native. It's true but they cannot offer any helpful suggestion but say
"read more" or "go abroad." Although they probably try ...
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| Mail System Error - Returned Mail | 07 Dec 2003 17:20 GMT | 4 |
This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason:
Your message was not delivered because the destination computer was
not found. Carefully check that it was spelled correctly and try
sending it again if there were any mistakes.
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| jole? | 07 Dec 2003 08:54 GMT | 2 |
Hallo dear English speaking people,
someone told me a "joke" in english.
But I don't understand it.
Could you please give me an explenation?
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| Stats updated for November | 06 Dec 2003 12:41 GMT | 1 |
Stats have been updated to include data for November 2003.
I've recently started saving postings from
misc.education.language.english. That will inflate the
grand total for the newsgroup monthly posting histories, and
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| Trying to remember a word that's disappeared out of my head | 05 Dec 2003 18:48 GMT | 12 |
It's a word that describes what a story is that someone has presented about
themself and a specific life experience of theirs. I can't remember what the
word is for some reason...
Sorry if I'm not being too clear.
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| "Eaten his dinners"?? | 05 Dec 2003 17:30 GMT | 2 |
Hello again, everyone - you've been so helpful I had to come back ;-)
I'm still translating this book set in the twenties. See if anyone can help
me here, with the meaning of the expression between "":
(quote)
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| a hard day's night | 02 Dec 2003 13:05 GMT | 5 |
I have a problem with the meaning of "a hard days night". Can somebody give
the explanation about that expression. It's also the title of a Beatle song
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