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RE: "Eating crow"
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I believe if comes from crow pie - a dish eaten only by the poorest classes in day of old. A bit lik......
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January 16, 2005 01:39
RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude"
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Ah Edith Piaf. Now she did have a special sound when she said "r" (and it's still the "r" than make......
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January 15, 2005 13:07
RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude"
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One of the few talents I have is that of mimicry - and thus pronunciation. It is not a subject I hav......
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January 15, 2005 09:10
RE: Perchlorate
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Quote "...Richard says 'valencies'. We'd say 'valences' on this side of the pond...." Words ending ......
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January 15, 2005 06:19
RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude"
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You know, I think you're right and I hadn't spotted this previously. In fact, I suspect there might ......
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January 15, 2005 06:12
RE: Is this offensive?
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I didn't watch the programme as I have seen, and don't much care for, Jerry Springer. Did anyone wat......
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January 15, 2005 06:06
RE: Comic Germanicisms
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Or you can prepare your submission in Word then copy and paste!...
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January 14, 2005 14:27
RE: Perchlorate
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Well, chemistry wasn't my subject - but even so, perchloric acid isn't perchlorate, is it? And more ......
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January 14, 2005 14:25
RE: Is this offensive?
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Quote "...I am thinking in the hundreds, but I don't know...." Of course, we're all guessing but I ......
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January 14, 2005 14:19
RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude"
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I don't think I've ever heard Swiss German. I learnt mine from a fairly high-borne Viennese lady and......
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January 14, 2005 14:15
RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude"
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Probably the most difficult part of Schadenfreude for English speakers to pronounce is the "r" in Fr......
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January 14, 2005 02:26
RE: Perchlorate
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I thought that perchlorate (like oxide or sulphate or any other of these compound designators) could......
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January 14, 2005 02:16
RE: Is this offensive?
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I wonder just how many complaints is "lots"....
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January 13, 2005 15:47
RE: Pumping for information
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Quote "...What are high-heeled shoes called them?..." They are called (and wait for this)...high he......
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January 09, 2005 12:15
RE: Decolletage -- a careful investigation
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I find I tend rather to look down on women with lowcut dresses....
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January 09, 2005 07:26
RE: Pumping for information
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At school I called them plimsolls....
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January 09, 2005 07:25
RE: bed clothing
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I probably use the term more often than I use the garment - and that is even more true of pyjamas!...
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January 09, 2005 03:13
RE: Where out of this World
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"Erewhon" by Samuel Butler, 1871 Erewhon is "nowhere" reversed and this work is a satire about a fu......
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January 08, 2005 14:21
RE: bed clothing
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I was wrong about futons. I had thought the word was a synonym for duvet in the USA (it's not used h......
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January 08, 2005 02:07
RE: bed clothing
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Quote "...Should I start a pole???..." If you wish. We have nothing against Eastern Europeans here....
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January 07, 2005 09:53
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