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| metonymous factors (or not) in humour | 31 Jul 2007 17:02 GMT | 17 |
Yes, yes, yes, I'm now going to be looking for a specialist therapist
who can help me with that intense sense of inferiority I'm feeling
about not getting PSV (or whatever the vehicles are now referred to
as) entitlement on my license...
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| 'Niss' or 'Nis' | 30 Jul 2007 10:45 GMT | 28 |
I encountered this word while watching a late sixties tv drama.
It was used in the sense of calling someone a bad name as in 'you niss!'.
The only word like that I can find refers to Swedish goblins of a friendly
nature (or similar) which would not seem to fit.
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| BArbershop slang. | 30 Jul 2007 10:28 GMT | 7 |
Good mornig,
some question about the word Barbershop and other:
1_ Wich is the right spelling: barbershop or barber'shop?
2_ I'm looking (working as a copy) for the common words that the
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| "...delicious meat!"; R4 'Culture Shock'; BBC WS 01:30 GMT 17 JUL 2007 | 30 Jul 2007 10:22 GMT | 9 |
As a note on idiomatics the, presumably Chinese, lady
on this morning's broadcast 'Culture Shock' seemed to
enjoy the benefits of an editing suite on being assured
by an enthusiatic man that he was looking forward to
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| opinion exchange | 28 Jul 2007 10:43 GMT | 13 |
I'm Italian, and when I hear Saxon Languages like English, and German
(especially German with cluster like tshcl), it sounds hard... too many
consonants.
For example, in music, only vocals are singed... i't obviously impossible to
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| An observation on settlements in Britain | 28 Jul 2007 08:33 GMT | 7 |
Maybe I haven't lived enough places. But it does
seem that plenty of cities have pub's named The
Town Crier, but very few towns do.
Just a thought.
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| Sarkozy is one smart guy | 26 Jul 2007 19:42 GMT | 1 |
"'Nuclear power is the energy of the future,' [Sarkozy]
said."
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/26/sarkozy.libya.reut/index.html
Read it and weep, you "green" f.cks.
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| How did it do that?! | 24 Jul 2007 11:55 GMT | 1 |
Ok so I go to <http://one.revver.com/watch/194543> , and nothing happens when i click the video, of course, however....at the very end when a flash kind of ad comes up, and I clicked, my CD drive opens and my monitor shuts off. Whats going on? How can a flash application do ...
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| True? | 23 Jul 2007 20:07 GMT | 1 |
is this real? http://one.revver.com/watch/97897
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| Terrorist attacks in Britain have shocked India | 10 Jul 2007 17:42 GMT | 1 |
I think the news that some Indian muslims were invloved in the
Car Bomb attacks in Glascow has come as a shock to most Indians. I
personally feel that muslims whereever they live are capable of
carrying out terrorist attacks. In 2005 the attacks were carried out
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| the or not to the ?? | 09 Jul 2007 05:18 GMT | 2 |
Newsgroups: rec.music.opera
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 6:59 PM
Subject: "The" Wigmore Hall
>> Can someone explain a particular matter of English usage to me? American |
| completely OT, but please help | 09 Jul 2007 04:21 GMT | 5 |
Can sb please explain to me, why all the messages from this group get
automatically deleted once a week?
I subscribe to many different groups from all over the world, my computer is
set not to delete any messages automatically and it generally obeys my
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