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Discussion Topic  Mess (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Myles (in The Written Word) by arnie
Keats and Chapman were discussing their ancestors. One of Keats’ had been Lord Major of Port Said. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cockney (in Potpourri) by arnie
Richard, I felt quite flattered -- in much the same way as when someone phoned me at work this morn......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cockney (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Phrases from French (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
Well, Brits tend to have a healthy distrust of anyone who attempts to "show off". Those who try to d......
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Discussion Topic  Pig or cat? (in Potpourri) by arnie
You've probably all come across the expression "......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cockney (in Potpourri) by arnie
Cockney rhyming slang certainly is spoken nowadays. It might not be so common as fifty years ago, sa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cockney (in Potpourri) by arnie
Actually, that was much harder than I intended. Sometimes the first part of the rhyming phrase becom......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotes on statistics (in Potpourri) by arnie
I read that there's about 1 chance in 1000 that someone will board an airplane carrying a bomb. So I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 6 Letters to fun! (in Wordplay) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cockney (in Potpourri) by arnie
OK, how much sense does this make? ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotes on statistics (in Potpourri) by arnie
Some say that if you laid all the statisticians on the face of the earth end to end it would be a ve......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotes on statistics (in Potpourri) by arnie
Three professors (a physicist, a chemist, and a statistician) are called in to see their dean. Just ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cockney (in Potpourri) by arnie
The cockneys (inhabitants of the East End of London), invented the slang. They would take a word and......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hey, buddy, got some change? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Some older people probably use......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hey, buddy, got some change? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
There are loads of British slang terms for currency denominations no longer in use. One such is ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotes on statistics (in Potpourri) by arnie
Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment. - J.Baudrillard...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cockney (in Potpourri) by arnie
That's right. A cockney is one born within the sound of Bow Bells. That is, someone from the East En......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotes on statistics (in Potpourri) by arnie
Statistician: Someone who doesn't have the personality to be an accountant....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apology (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Nowadays an apology in both British and American English conveys the idea of contrition; I doubt tha......
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